Forbes July 3, 2024
Katie Jennings, Alex Knapp

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Today, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced it had identified a human infection of avian flu. The person in question, a dairy worker who worked with infected cattle, only had mild symptoms. This is the fourth avian flu infection associated with the multi-state outbreak being seen in cattle. So far, there are no signs of the flu spreading from person-to-person.

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 vaccines against H5N1. Earlier today, GSK announced that it was acquiring...

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