As cases of bird flu continue to surge across the U.S., Americans are largely feeling the symptoms in their pocketbooks rather than their bodies. Chickens, cattle and pricetags are the bird flu's primary victims -- and a new mutation of the virus is now circulating.

The Trump administration has intervened in the release of important studies on the bird flu, as an outbreak escalates across the United States.

It is also possible for people to get infected from contact with a sick cat, Troisi said. The situation with the virus is somewhat complicated by the fact that the Trump administration has ordered federal health agencies like the CDC to pause public communications.