Another Michigan Dairy Worker Infected With Avian Flu, CDC Says

The Washington Post (5/30, Roubein) reports, “Another Michigan dairy worker has been infected with a highly virulent bird flu, marking the third human case since the bird flu was detected in dairy cattle this spring but the first to report symptoms of respiratory illness.” The patient “reported having a cough and eye discomfort with watery discharge, and received an antiviral treatment, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.” The worker “is isolating at home and symptoms are resolving, the agency said.” The AP (5/30, Aleccia, Stobbe) reports this is “the third human case associated with an outbreak in U.S. dairy cows, health officials said Thursday.” Previously, in March, “a farmworker in Texas was diagnosed in what officials called the first known instance globally of a person catching this version of bird flu from a mammal,” and “last week, Michigan officials announced the first case there.” NBC News (5/30, Edwards) reports neither of the previous two cases involved respiratory symptoms. At this point, “there is no evidence that the virus, an A strain of influenza called H5N1, is spreading from person to person, the CDC said. The infected workers are from different farms and had direct contact with sick cows.”