CDC issues bird flu health alert to clinicians, state health departments, public after Texas farmer infected
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The CDC on Friday issued a health alert to inform clinicians, state health departments and the public of a case of avian influenza in a Texas farmer.
The positive bird flu diagnosis came after milk from dairy cows in Texas and Kansas tested positive for the disease. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.
The infection follows a 2022 case in Colorado, and is the second person to test positive for the bird flu virus in the U.S. She is a native of Massachusetts and is based in Orlando, Florida.
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