Cases and headline: Governing, 12/10/2024
In Brief:
Avian flu, highly contagious and damaging to poultry flocks, was found in dairy cattle in March.
It’s since spread to hundreds of herds. Several dozen workers exposed to the cattle have become ill, with mild symptoms. Traces of the virus have been found in raw milk.
There’s no indication that the virus has mutated and become a risk for human-to-human contagion, but public health officials are taking this possibility seriously. Dairy farms are already being negatively impacted.
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