Surging Bird Flu Cases in the U.S. Have Come for the Bald Eagle

Three wild bald eagles found dead in Georgia were confirmed to have died from bird flu on Thursday, increasing the toll from a recent surge inavian influenza cases that’s caused the death of tens of millions of birds in total.Across more than 25 states, massive numbers of wild and domestic birds are sick and dying from a new version of the avian influenza virus, which has caused multiple prior avian epidemics. It’s already the worst bird flu outbreak in the U.S. since 2015 in terms o