After a Long Island farm was forced to euthanize 99,000 birds due to a bird flu outbreak, the impact of the virus continues to grow nationwide. More than 130 million birds have been infected across all 50 states. Dr. Kavita Patel reports on what this means for public health, the risks of the virus spreading to domestic animals, including dairy cows, and the potential for human-to-human transmission.
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