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What is spillover? Bird flu outbreak underscores need for early detection to prevent the next big pandemic

  • Written by Treana Mayer, Postdoctoral Fellow in Microbiology, Colorado State University
What is spillover? Bird flu outbreak underscores need for early detection to prevent the next big pandemicWild birds like pelicans and ducks are getting infected with – and dying from – a new strain of avian influenza and have spread it to farm animals around the world.Klebher Vasquez/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

The current epidemic of avian influenza has killed over 58 million birds in the U.S. as of February 2023. Following on the...

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