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A case of H5 influenza, also known as bird flu or avian influenza, has been confirmed in a man who was working at a dairy farm in northeastern Colorado.
The CDC confirmed the fourth human case of bird flu linked to the current dairy cow outbreak on Wednesday in a dairy worker in Colorado.
A fourth person has tested positive for bird flu in the outbreak linked to dairy cows, this time in Colorado. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that the patient, a dairy worker at a farm where cows had also tested positive for the virus,
Health officials in Colorado say a male farmworker who was reporting symptoms of conjunctivitis — pink eye — recently tested positive for bird flu.
A fourth farm worker has been infected with bird flu in the growing outbreak linked to dairy cows, health officials reported Wednesday. The worker had direct contact with infected dairy cows on a northeast Colorado farm,
CDC says a Colorado dairy worker has recovered from bird flu, the fourth US human case this year.
The adult male’s only symptom was conjunctivitis. He was treated with oseltamivir, the flu antiviral sold under the brand name Tamiflu, and has recovered.
Public health officials have diagnosed a Colorado farm worker with the country’s fourth human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the state’s department of health reported Wednesday.
Previous cases were reported in Texas and Michigan, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which announced detection of the new case Wednesday. The dairy worker was treated for symptoms and has since recovered from the infection,
The news comes as movement is happening in the world of avian flu vaccines. On Tuesday, Moderna announced that it has secured $176 million in federal funding to develop mRNA vacci
There have now been four human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza, known as bird flu, in the US linked to an outbreak among dairy cows. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that a dairy worker in the state of Colorado tested positive for the virus.
Dairy cattle feed at a farm in New Mexico on March 31, 2017. A fourth dairy worker in the U.S. has been infected with bird flu. On Wednesday, July 3, 2024, U.S. health officials said a fourth dairy worker has been infected with bird flu in the outbreak linked to U.
An unidentified employee of a dairy in northeast Colorado is the fifth person in the U.S. with a confirmed infection of the highly pathogenic avian influenza, but he only had mild symptoms. The
The CDC reported a dairy farm worker in Colorado has contracted the fourth known case of Bird Flu in the country this year.
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A dairy farm worker in northeast Colorado tested positive for the H5N1 avian flu strain after being infected at his work, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Education (CDPHE) said in a release.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on Wednesday the fourth human case of bird flu linked to the ongoing dairy cow outbreak in the country, marking the first such case reported in Colorado.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Wednesday that a fourth person has caught bird flu after exposure to dairy cattle. The new case is the first in Colorado.
A fourth farm worker has been infected with bird flu in the growing outbreak linked to dairy cows, health officials reported.
US officials on Wednesday reported the country's fourth human case of bird flu linked to the current outbreak of the virus in dairy cattle.
The CDC said the new confirmed case of avian flu in humans underscores its recommended precautions for people who may be exposed to infected animals.
A Colorado dairy worker was diagnosed with bird flu, state health officials said Wednesday, becoming the fourth case tied to an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza among U.S. dairy cattle.
Colorado dairy employee tests positive for avian flu; health officials say risk to the public is low
A dairy farm employee in northeast Colorado has tested positive for a human case of avian flu associated with a multi-state virus outbreak among dairy cattle.
Public health officials are concerned about bird flu, which so far has been detected in three dairy farmworkers — two in Michigan and one in Texas — as well as in cattle in a dozen states. The farmworkers’ symptoms were mild,
Cows stand in the milking parlor of a dairy farm in New Vienna, Iowa, on Monday, July 24, 2023. The bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows is prompting development of new, next-generation mRNA vaccines — akin to COVID-19 shots — that are being tested in both animals and people.
A dairy farm worker in northeast Colorado tested positive for the H5N1 avian flu strain after being infected at his work, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Education (CDPHE) said in a release.