Becker's Healthcare April 4, 2024
Erica Carbajal

While health officials say the threat avian flu poses to humans remains low, the situation is being closely monitored and taken “very seriously,” the CDC director told ABC News in an April 3 report — days after a person in Texas tested positive for bird flu.

State and federal health officials on April 1 confirmed an individual in Texas who worked on a dairy farm had tested positive for H5N1. The case is believed to be tied to recent detections of bird flu among dairy cows in the U.S. The Department of Agriculture has confirmed cows on dairy farms in Texas, Kansas, New Mexico and Michigan had been sickened by the virus, marking the first time the disease has been...

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