Berkeley Lovelace Jr. is a health and medical reporter for NBC News. He covers the Food and Drug Administration, with a special focus on Covid vaccines, prescription drug pricing and health care. He previously covered the biotech and pharmaceutical industry with CNBC.
A second health worker in contact with the Missouri patient who tested positive for H5N1 also developed respiratory symptoms but wasn’t tested for influenza, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. The Missouri bird flu patient, who didn’t have known contact with poultry or dairy cows, was hospitalized in August and tested positive for the H5 virus. The person, who had severe underlying conditions, has since recovered.
However, they remain worrisome to health officials given their high mortality rate worldwide. It isn’t yet known how the Missouri patient got infected with bird flu, the CDC said Friday. Outside experts were alarmed by the unusual timing of the illnesses, particularly given that they occurred outside of flu season. Dr.
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