article_snippet.sent: (CNN)The latest outbreak of bird flu -- the worst in the U.S. since the 1980s -- is not a likely threat to humans, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
article_snippet.sent: Since mid-December, the United States have seen bird flu turn up in commercial poultry, backyard chickens, and in flocks of wild and captive wild birds, according to the CDC.
article_snippet.sent: the CDC the CDC considers the likelihood of bird to human transmission of the virus "low" according to Fry.
article_snippet.sent: The USDA is also working on a potential vaccine for the birds.
article_snippet.sent: Most of the people who have become infected with the other strains of the virus in Asia and Africa have had direct or prolonged contact with infected birds.
article_snippet.sent: the virus does not spread through people eating chickens or eggs.
article_snippet.sent: With popular backyard birds, the USDA suggests people try and protect people animals from coming into contact with wild water fowl that may carry the virus.
highlights_snippet.sent: You can't get bird flu from eating poultry or eggs .
  