Michigan reports a human case of bird flu, the nation’s second linked to H5N1 outbreak in dairy cows Helen Branswell Megan Molteni By Helen Branswell and Megan Molteni May 22, 2024Michigan reports a human case of bird flu, the nation’s second linked to H5N1 outbreak in dairy cows Helen Branswell Megan Molteni By Helen Branswell and Megan Molteni May 22, 2024

https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/22/bird-flu-in-humans-michigan-reports-h5n1-infection-in-dairy-farm-worker/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--COSS4VDPQVArSJvfDkyPM_nl0jlinM_G5zj0yMcHa6fxed-4vPJZ-SyxW5gjj5njGaMKr2snsvHDktJHypMXNg_RqhQ&_hsmi=309503763&utm_content=309503763&utm_source=hs_email A dairy farm worker in Michigan was infected with bird flu, state authorities confirmed on Thursday, in a separate farm from the one where a case was reported last week. Unlike the previous cases, the worker — who is recovering and taking antiviral drugs — developed respiratory symptoms after direct exposure to an infected cow. Respiratory symptoms are significant because they open up new possibilities for viral spread, reports STAT’s Helen Branswell. If the virus developed the ability to transmit between humans — something it hasn’t shown so far — it would spread more easily through the airways than through an eye infection, the only symptom displayed by humans until now. Read the latest H5N1 developments here. A third U.S. farmworker infected with bird flu is the first to experience respiratory symptoms Helen Branswell By Helen Branswell May 30, 2024 https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/30/bird-flu-third-case-human-infection-caused-respiratory-symptoms/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--P2LsSCSXB_XAnDXTga5mfOQRJ6ubNpJ_wRL7hP2AnAHVysXXLOQQHZAYW8jJ7LWtzojF_5QDzCI04TrkVRpR2F4Yn0g&_hsmi=309503763&utm_content=309503763&utm_source=hs_email