Bird flu snapshot: As the number of infected dairy herds mount, so too does pessimism about driving H5N1 out of cows

STAT July 15, 2024
Helen Branswell

Bird flu snapshot: This is the latest installment in a series of regular updates on the H5N1 flu outbreak in dairy cows that STAT is publishing on Monday mornings. To read future updates, you can also subscribe to STAT’s Morning Rounds newsletter.

There are more human cases of H5N1 bird flu infection, and another state has joined the list of those with infected dairy cow herds.

Colorado announced over the weekend that five workers involved in the culling of chickens at an H5N1-infected poultry operation had tested positive for the virus. Four of the cases have been confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; the fifth is currently deemed “presumptive” positive because the individual’s test sample hasn’t yet...

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