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Two dairy workers in California tested positive for H5 bird flu, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the California Department of Public Health announced. The CDC said in a release ...

CDPH partners closely with the California Department of Food & Agriculture (CDFA) on a broad approach to protect human and animal health. CDPH and the CDC use both human and wastewater surveillance ...

The CDC explained that cases like these are rare, but they do occur occasionally, and for consumers who don’t work around animals, there is a very low risk of contracting bird flu.

CDPH has informed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the case, and specimens from the patient are being sent for further laboratory analysis.

The CDC said the child, a resident of Alameda County, tested positive for avian influenza A, H5N1, after analysis by the California Department of Public Health. The CDPH announced Tuesday that it ...

"During CDPH's investigation, all household members reported having symptoms and specimens were collected from those people," the CDC said Friday of the investigation related to the child.

According to CDC statistics, there have now been 55 human cases of bird flu detected and reported in the U.S. in 2024 alone, with 29 of those occurring in California, including the child.

The CDC said the child, a resident of Alameda County, tested positive for avian influenza A, H5N1, after analysis by the California Department of Public Health.