Bird Flu Is Raging on a Mink Farm. It Could Spark a Human Pandemic, Experts Say, but Officials Won’t Act. by Nat Lash, ProPublica, and Julie Leopo for ProPublica October 23, 2026, 5:00 am

Bird Flu Is Raging on a Mink Farm. It Could Spark a Human Pandemic, Experts Say, but Officials Won’t Act. by Nat Lash, ProPublica, and Julie Leopo for ProPublica October 23, 2026, 5:00 am https://www.propublica.org/article/bird-flu-mink-farm-utah-human-risk Reporting Highlights Deadly Outbreak: A bird flu outbreak has been raging uncontrolled on a Utah mink farm for two months. Flu experts fear it could spark a devastating human pandemic. Government Failures: State officials didn’t order the mink to be killed, which other countries with outbreaks have done. They are prioritizing the financial interests of the fur trade. Silent Risks: Despite CDC guidance urging officials to monitor workers, they actively chose not to and declined to test workers — including one with a symptom experts said would warrant testing.