close Video CDC issues alert over bird flu case Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel on what to know about bird flu and why it is important to not look directly at the solar eclipse without proper glasses The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Wednesday that a second H5N1 bird flu case has been identified by officials. A 55-year-old Michigan dairy worker became ill after working with H5N1-infected cattle, the CDC said in a press release.
While an upper respiratory tract sample tested negative, a specimen from his eye confirmed the H5N1 bird flu infection. A Texas farm worker was diagnosed with the disease in March. Both the Michigan and Texas patients suffered from conjunctivitis, or pink eye.
Neither showed signs of a respiratory infection. "Conjunctivitis (eye infection) has been associated with previous human infections with avian influenza A viruses and is part of the current CDC case definition for A(H5N1) surveillance," the CDC explained in a Wednesday press release. VIRAL 'HOSTAGE TAPE' SLEEPING TREND GAINS STEAM AS DOCTORS WARN OF POTENTIAL DANGERS At least two farm workers have been infected with H5N1 bird flu this year.
(iStock) "While it’s not known exactly how eye infections result from avian influenza exposures, it may be from contamination of the eye(s), potentially with a splash of contaminated fluid, or touching the eye(s) with something contaminated with A(H5N1) virus, such as a hand." The Texas case marked the first human ca.
