The Suffolk County Health Department noted that avian flu “at this point is not transmissible among humans” More than 100,000 ducks at one New York farm are being euthanized due to an outbreak of the avian flu.

A Long Island farm will reportedly euthanize more than 100,000 ducks after a bird flu outbreak transpired at the eastern New York facility.

As more cases of bird flu emerge across the country, public health leaders in New York City are watching warily -- and making preparations in case the virus becomes a more immediate threat.