CDC issues health alert for bird flu infection in US
Posted on AllSides April 5th, 2024
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The U.S. CDC on Friday issued a health alert to inform clinicians, state health departments and the public of a case of avian influenza in a person who had contact with dairy cows presumed to be infected with the virus.
The farm worker from Texas was reported to be infected on April 1, making it the second case of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, identified in a person in the United States.
It follows a 2022 case in Colorado, and comes as the virus...
