# Enhancing the response to avian influenza in the US and globally - The Lancet Regional Health – Americas

> A Lancet Regional Health commentary calls for a stronger response to H5N1 avian influenza, citing over 995 US dairy herds and at least 70 human cases, including a death. It notes that the virus continues to circulate in wild birds and backyard flocks.

- Date: 2025-01-28 · published 2025-01-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16030-enhancing-the-response-to-avian-influenza-in-the-us-and-globally-the-lancet
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

The piece is a policy and preparedness argument with no new supply shock, so it has little direct price effect on feed ingredients.

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| SBM | 2024-12-01 | [One health, one flu: the re-emergence of avian influenza - The Lancet Respiratory Medicine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16042-one-health-one-flu-the-re-emergence-of-avian-influenza-the-lancet-respiratory.md) | -1.3% | +3.6% |
| SBM | 2017-08-07 | [Uganda's Rapid Response to Avian Influenza Virus Outbreak in Birds  \| Division of Global Health Protection \| Global Health \| CDC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69310-uganda-s-rapid-response-to-avian-influenza-virus-outbreak-in-birds-division-of.md) | -1.8% | -3.4% |
| SBM | 2026-05-05 | [Avian Influenza: Monitoring its spread in Latin America and the Caribbean - Americas](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15912-avian-influenza-monitoring-its-spread-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean.md) | +3.4% | +2.5% |

## Sources

- thelancet.com: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(25)00110-3/fulltext

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