-- Shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Email Bird flu has been confirmed in a third American this year, marking the second case linked to a Michigan dairy, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. This raises concerns that the virus, which in April appeared in dairy farms throughout the United States, may be spreading further among people , not just animals. Four people in America have been infected so far , including an infection from poultry in 2022.
Related Inadequate bird flu testing is making pandemic experts concerned we're "flying blind" with H5N1 The latest farmworker infection is from a different farm than the one reported in Michigan on May 22 . Another major difference is the symptoms this individual reported, with coughing and respiratory symptoms in addition to eye infections as reported in the two other cases this year. "This is the first human case of H5 in the United States to report more typical symptoms of acute respiratory illness associated with influenza virus infection," the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement Thursday.
"Based on the information available at this time, this case does not change CDC’s current A(H5N1) bird flu human health risk assessment for the U.S. general public because all three sporadic cases had direct contact with infected cows.
" The latest patient was given an antiviral medication called oseltamivir and is reported to be recovering from his respiratory symptoms. In an official stat.
