With reports of the first human death from bird flu in the US, some Americans are feeling an uncomfortable flashback to the early days of Covid-19, when infectious disease experts were talking about a new virus that was sending people to the hospital with respiratory infections.

The rise of bird flu across farms in California has raised questions about the virus and its potential threat to humans. While the threat to humans is currently small.

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The first human death from bird flu in the United States has intensified calls for the government to ramp up efforts to stave off the threat of another pandemic -- particularly ahead of Donald Trump's return to the White House.

A human has for the first time died in the US after being infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus, health officials said on Tuesday.

The patient, who has not been named, was over 65 and had underlying medical problems. They contracted H5N1 bird flu in Louisiana after being exposed to a combination of a backyard flock and wild birds

The U.S. has now recorded its first human death from the bird flu virus. Watch this video to learn more about the person who died and why the CDC says the infection risk for the U.S. is still very low.