Doctors and researchers said the moves will make it harder to detect potentially dangerous changes. If the virus continues to jump between species or the human case count grows, there’s a greater risk that it could mutate and become more easily transmissible between people,

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention July 7 announced ( it is streamlining H5N1 bird flu updates with its routine influenza data ( given the low public health risk and lack of person-to-person spread.

The CDC is ending its emergency response to bird flu, citing a significant drop in cases between February and July.