Texas reported its first human case of avian influenza, also known as the bird flu, on Monday, April 1.
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Bird flu is always a concern for health officials, not only for its effects on food supply chains, but for its potential for causing infections in humans. However, rarely, if ever, do humans contract this virus. But the Texas Department of State Health Services reported on April 1 thata p...
A human case of H5 bird flu in the U.S. has been identified in Michigan. This is the second case as a result of a multistate outbreak in dairy cows. As with the first case in Texas, this individual works on a dairy farm where the virus has been identified in cows. Similiar to th...
Previously, one human case had been reported inTexasand two human cases reported inMichigan. As with the previous cases, the patient is a dairy farm worker who came into contact with cows that tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu, or avian influenza. ...
The first case was detected this year in dairy herds that came to Michigan from Texas. Since then, it has been found in multiple counties, causing Michigan egg producer Herbuck's Poultry Ranch tolay off about 400 employees. The company said the virus impacted its hen population at some farm...
A U.S. Department of Agriculture spokesperson said the agency knew of a few deaths but that the vast majority of cows recover well. Reuters was not able to determine the total number of cows with bird flu that died or were killed in South Dakota, Michigan, Texas, Ohio and Colorado. ...
Until this month, CDC records show, no other poultry-to-human transmissions had been reported. However, since April 1, 2024,four workers on U.S. dairy farmshave tested positive for bird flu after interacting with cattle: two in Michigan, one in Texas, and, most recently, one in Colorado...
Before this year, one case of bird flu was detected in a person, a Colorado poultry worker who fell ill in 2022. Most cases this year have been detected in workers who had contact with cattle or poultry in Colorado, Michigan and Texas. A person in Missouri was also infected...
MORE: USDA conducting studies on beef due to bird flu outbreak but maintain supply is safe Health officials said the patient was given antiviral medications and is recovering from respiratory symptoms. The Michigan cases come after thefirst case was confirmed in Texasin April. ...