Person tests positive for bird flu in the US after contact with dairy cows
A person has tested positive for bird flu in the US, health officials reported this week, the country’s second human case. H5N1 was confirmed in a person who had been exposed to dairy cows thought to be infected with the virus in Texas. H5N1 is a type of highly pathogenic avian influenza or bird flu. While uncommon in humans, when a person is infected, the mortality rate is about 60 per cent, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The Texas patient’s only symptom was eye inflammation or redness, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which confirmed th...