CDC confirms second bird flu infection

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed a second bird flu infection of a dairy worker.

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May 23, 2024 - 12:50 PM

Dairy cattle infected by highly pathogenic avian influenza have large amounts of the virus in their milk. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images/Kansas Reflector

A Michigan dairy employee is the second known person to contract bird flu while working with infected cattle in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The person had symptoms of an eye infection and has recovered. That is similar to the first infection that was identified in a Texas dairy worker in early April.

The CDC said the infections might have happened when the workers’ eyes were splashed with contaminated fluid or if they touched their eyes with a contaminated hand.

“Given the high levels of … virus in…

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