A second humancase of bird fluhas been confirmed in Michigan, bringing the total number of cases in the U.S. this year to three, health officials said. The most recent case in Michigan is in a farmworker who was exposed to cows infected with bird flu, also known as a...
A recent study conducted by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that none of the 35 farmworkers exposed to H5N1-infected dairy cattle in Michigan had been infected with the virus. This suggests that asymptomatic infections are not occurring among workers...
with the cdc. a previous human infection with bird flu occurred when milk splashed into the eyes of a michigan dairy worker, the team noted. however, they found that dairy workers weren’t using respirators that could protect them from inhaled bird flu particles con...
Bird flu is mostly a threat to birds and doesn’t spread easily among people. But a 2024 outbreak affected dairy cows and people who work in the dairy and poultry industries in the United States. There have been very few cases of human-to-human transmission during bird flu outbreaks. The...
There have been numerous developments this week concerning avian flu that have raised concerns among experts.
Bird flu detected at US poultry facilities Cal-Maine Foods' Texas plant has temporarily halted production after bird flu was found in its chickens. The virus has also been detected at an unrelated poultry facility in Michigan. April 3, 2024 ...
states with bird flu cases in dairy herds are handling human and cattle testing: HUMAN TESTING As of early July, 99 people had been tested for bird flu in four states this year, according to state health officials: Michigan (56 people), Texas (20), Idaho (8), Colorado (8...
the CDC published a study that looked for H5N1 antibodies in the blood of dairy workers in Michigan and Colorado. The agency sampled blood from 115 people; eight — or 7% — had antibodies. Only three dairy workers in those two states — one in Colorado, two in Michigan — have been...
The CDC has deployed teams to California, Michigan, Colorado, and Washington to assist with its bird flu response, Shah said. (Reporting by Leah Douglas and Ahmed Aboulenein in Washington and Julie Steenhuysen in Chicago; Editing by Bill Berkrot) ...
A case of H5 influenza, also known as avian influenza or bird flu, has been reported in a farm worker in Michigan who had regular exposure to infected livestock, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and the US Centers for Dis