Health officials have announced six more H5N1 bird flu infections in humans: five in California and the first known case in Oregon.
As H5N1 bird flu spreads among California dairy herds and southward-migrating birds, health officials announced Friday that six more human cases of infection: five in California and one in Oregon — the state's first. A seventh presumptive California case is awaiting confirmation from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. All of the reported cases have been described as mild, and each person is believed to have contracted the illness from infected livestock or poultry.
A statement from the Oregon Health Authority said there is 'no evidence of person-to-person transmission and the risk to the public is low.' The agency said the person is fully recovered and was treated with oseltamivir, an antiviral medication. The health agency also prescribed the antiviral medication to people who lived in the same home as the patient. Since March, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said that 52 people have been infected by the H5N1 virus.
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