Experts have just issued a terrifying warning to the US regarding a new health scare.

They are now staring down the barrel of a new pandemic as bird flu spirals out of control on American farms.

So far, the H5N1 outbreak has impacted nearly 1000 dairy cow herds and resulted in more than 70 human cases. This includes the first confirmed death.

The American poultry industry is at serious risk, explained experts from the Global Virus Network, especially in those areas with high-density farming as well as those where personal protective practices could be lacking.

Since the start of 2022, nearly 168 million poultry across the US were lost or culled due to the bird flu outbreak in America. This has caused the price of eggs to skyrocket to new high levels.

Although the human-to-human transmission is yet to be observed, experts are cautioning that the mutations and reassortments can give rise to anything. This is because when two viruses infect a single host and exchange genetic material, it could raise the risks of something like this taking place.