Bird flu that infected 6 Colorado poultry workers is closely related to the virus in cows Megan Molteni By Megan Molteni July 22, 2024

https://www.statnews.com/2024/07/22/bird-flu-infects-colorado-poultry-workers-related-to-h5n1-in-cows/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_BdReZOW0twYsVEmcUb6Kd_36RhjPNKR0iKcovxSbpoz73e8RrzyXaT20tmRit1ZtlGY7thC2CAPNs97OlPBHpYNqEEA&_hsmi=316676560&utm_content=316676560&utm_source=hs_email Bird flu Snapshot: Virus that infected 6 people closely related to the one in cows Public health experts who’ve been following the surprising spillover of bird flu into America’s dairy cattle herds now have all eyes on Colorado, waiting to see if a cluster of human cases there might balloon into something bigger. On July 14, Colorado officials announced that five workers involved in the culling of 1.8 million chickens at a large H5N1-infected egg farm in Weld County had tested positive for the virus. On Friday, the CDC confirmed a sixth case of bird flu among the workers. The six Colorado cases were all mild, but it’s the first time multiple human cases have been reported on a single farm in the U.S. Read more from STAT’s Megan Molteni on what questions this raises about the virus and how it spreads. https://cdphe.colorado.gov/press-release/health-officials-confirm-human-cases-of-avian-flu-in-colorado-poultry-workers?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_0unJii_iTEl-S-WAVrcK24nllstzLaypALC_eJWHoeQNoV_HC1Wn2ztoIhTiCFh3aqX9XYUsMLmBDW_oZIwehzuHtcw&_hsmi=316676560&utm_content=316676560&utm_source=hs_email