Two human cases of bird flu confirmed in California as infection continues to spread in US: CDC

Two dairy workers successful California tested affirmative for H5 vertebrate flu, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the California Department of Public Health announced.

The CDC said in a release that the 2 cases were unrelated – with the farmers moving astatine antithetic dairy farms successful California’s Central Valley.

"CDC continues to collaborate intimately with California and different authorities nationalist wellness officials to enactment state-run efforts to power the dispersed of H5N1 from infected animals to humans," the bureau said.

Both individuals experienced mild symptoms, officials said, including conjunctivitis. Neither idiosyncratic reported respiratory symptoms oregon required hospitalization.

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A cattle is shown by an exhibitor astatine the authorities just successful West Allis, Wisconsin, U.S., August 9, 2024. Dairy farmers are taking precautions with investigating for avian flu portion exhibiting cattle during the fair. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska (Reuters/Jim Vindruska)

Health officials said that the risks stay debased for the nationalist but has caused "rare, sporadic infections" among radical who enactment with infected animals.

"The microorganism is wide successful chaotic birds and has caused ongoing outbreaks among poultry successful the United States since 2022," the CDC said.

Test tubes are seen labelled "Bird Flu" words successful this illustration taken, June 10, 2024. (Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo)

In 2024, determination person been 16 quality cases successful the U.S. of vertebrate flu, including the 2 astir caller infections successful California.

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Bird Flu Infection successful 2024:

• Texas - 1
• Michigan - 2
• Colorado - 10
• Missouri - 1
• California - 2

Six of the 16 reported quality cases person been linked to vulnerability to sick oregon infected dairy cows, the bureau said. Nine cases had vulnerability to infected poultry.

Dairy cattle provender astatine a workplace connected March 31, 2017, adjacent Vado, N.M. Another Michigan dairy idiosyncratic has been diagnosed with vertebrate flu. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

CDC Recommendations:

The authorities bureau recommended that individuals should debar interaction with chaotic birds and sick oregon dormant animals and not preparing oregon eating unpasteurized (raw) beverage oregon earthy cheese. 

The CDC besides recommended that if you enactment with dairy cows oregon different animals that could beryllium infected with H5N1 vertebrate flu, to deterioration idiosyncratic protective instrumentality (PPE) erstwhile successful interaction with (or around) dairy cows, earthy milk, different animals, oregon surfaces and different items that mightiness beryllium contaminated with virus.

Cows graze successful an lipid accumulation tract successful Midland, Texas, connected February 13, 2019. Dairy cows infected with vertebrate flu person died oregon been slaughtered by farmers due to the fact that they did not retrieve successful 5 U.S. states. (Reuters/Nick Oxford/ File Photo)

The CDC recommends that if you get sick aft adjacent interaction with infected animals, interaction your section wellness section and a wellness attraction supplier for testing.

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Symptoms of the vertebrate flu see oculus redness (conjunctivitis), mild flu-like upper respiratory symptoms, fever, cough, sore throat, trouble breathing, runny oregon stuffy nose, and musculus aches.