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A person in Texas caught bird flu after mixing with dairy cattle. Should we be worried?

  • Written by: C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
A person in Texas caught bird flu after mixing with dairy cattle. Should we be worried?Matthias Zomer/Pexels

The United States’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a health alert after the first case of H5N1 avian influenza, or bird flu, seemingly spread from a cow to a human.

A farm worker in Texas contracted the virus amid an outbreak in dairy cattle. This is the second human case in the US; a poultry...

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