Cows are seen standing in a feedlot on June 14, 2023 in Quemado, Texas.
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U.S. health officials are monitoring and preparing to combat bird flu in humans, even as they emphasize that the risk to the general public remains low.
A strain of bird flu called H5N1 has been confirmed in dairy cows across nine U.S. states, as well as in two people, amid a global outbreak among poultry and other animals. The latest case was announced Wednesday in a dairy farm worker in Michigan. A child in Australia was also recently infected with bird flu, the country announced Tuesday.
H5N1 has been spreading among more animal species worldwide since 2020, but its detection in U.S. livestock earlier this year was a twist health officials did not expect. In rare cases, bird flu viruses spread to humans and can cause mild to severe symptoms that can require hospitalization.
There is currently no evidence that H5N1 is spreading from person to person. The Centers for Disease Control…
2024-05-24 18:09:44
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