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Bird flu outbreak: A new strain of H5N1 infection, clade 2.3.4.4b, emerged in 2020 and has been causing record numbers of deaths among wild birds and domestic poultry in recent months.
met fin and ibuprofen. elizabeth cohen is here with us. elizabeth, how big of a problem is this? reporter: alisyn, this could become a big problem. sit already problematic we re hearing in some areas. it s really hard to tell how widespread these shortages are, but it s not good, and hopefully unlike the infant formula shortage which kind of went on and on, hopefully they will nip this in the bud. let s take a look at the flu situation in the u.s. which is the reason behind a lot of this. those red states, those are states are high or very high flu activity. it s almost the entire united states. only six states are not seeing high or very high activity, and even, i m sorry to say, covid is making a bit of a comeback if you take a look at the week of november 26th. 33,000 people admitted to u.s. hospitals because of covid. that s up 27% from the week before. now the biden administration says they re monitoring this,