# Third person dies of bird flu since virus started jumping to livestock

> A Yakima County, Washington resident with underlying health conditions died from bird flu after exposure at an infected dairy farm, state health officials reported. It is the third US human bird flu death since H5N1 began spreading from wild birds to dairy cows in 2024.

- Date: 2026-11-02 · published 2026-11-03T00:14:17.199Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/76488-third-person-dies-of-bird-flu-since-virus-started-jumping-to-livestock
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Human cases do not directly change feed supply, but dairy and poultry infections raise the risk of herd losses and milk and egg supply disruption, which can affect feed demand.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bullish ▲
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2022-07-28 | [Five things to know about FMD and LSD \| Meat & Livestock Australia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40437-five-things-to-know-about-fmd-and-lsd-meat-and-livestock-australia.md) | -10.5% | -10.9% |
| MILK | 2024-12-20 | [How America Lost Control of the Bird Flu, Setting the Stage for Another Pandemic - KFF Health News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16043-how-america-lost-control-of-the-bird-flu-setting-the-stage-for-another-pandemic.md) | +0.2% | +8.6% |
| MILK | 2024-11-14 | [HPAI still spreading in Western livestock](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16045-hpai-still-spreading-in-western-livestock.md) | -0.3% | -6.0% |
| MILK | 2024-05-08 | [Bird Flu Outbreak in Dairy Cows Is Widespread, Raising Public Health Concerns \| Infectious Diseases \| JAMA \| JAMA Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16090-bird-flu-outbreak-in-dairy-cows-is-widespread-raising-public-health-concerns.md) | +2.1% | +6.4% |
| MILK | 2022-07-26 | [Foot-and-mouth disease: Impacts would go far beyond huge livestock losses - MPI report's warning - NZ Herald](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40440-foot-and-mouth-disease-impacts-would-go-far-beyond-huge-livestock-losses-mpi.md) | -0.0% | -10.9% |

## Sources

- arstechnica.com: https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/11/third-person-dies-of-bird-flu-since-virus-started-jumping-to-livestock/

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