CDC Deploys Field Team To Colorado Amid Avian Flu Outbreak

Reuters (7/15, Mishra) reports the CDC “has deployed a nine-member field team to Colorado to help the state manage a bird flu outbreak in humans and poultry.” The state “confirmed four infections and a suspected fifth case on Sunday.” The CDC “said its team of epidemiologists, veterinarians, clinicians and an industrial hygienist was working to support Colorado’s assessment of the outbreak and the human cases.”