Daily Mail A middle-aged man who survived bird flu has revealed the horrific infection—which killed his brother—left him feeling as if his ‘whole skull was throbbing’.
The virus, also known as H5N1, is currently spreading across the US and has reached the UK triggering global health chiefs today to warn of an impending pandemic.
At present the outbreak, which began in 2022, has affected hundred of millions of birds on farms across 50 US states and more than 1,000 dairy cow herds. There have been 70 human cases in America, including one confirmed death—although these individuals are thought to have contracted the virus from animals.
Meanwhile in the UK, seven human cases of the H5N1 virus have been detected since 2021—the most recent in January this year.