The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday announced the third human case of bird flu, contracted by a dairy worker amid the nationwide outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza among cattle.
CDC Principal Deputy Director Nirva Shah told reporters that the dairy worker was infected with the H5N1 virus from a different herd in Michigan than the one associated with the second case announced from the state last week.
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