First US case of bird flu in dolphins rings ‘catastrophe’ bells

“Highly pathogenic” avian (bird) flu was found in a Florida dolphin for the first time, as per a study.

The highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, or HPAIV, was first detected in a cetacean in North America in this dolphin, according to Newsweek.

Researchers from the University of Florida published a report about this…