The U.S. Department of Agriculture is ordering the national milk supply to be tested for bird flu. The agency issued a court order covering bulk suppliers in an effort to quickly identify cattle herds that have caught the H5N1 strain of bird flu virus.
A person in Louisiana is hospitalized with what may be the state’s first case of bird flu, state health officials said Friday. The case involves “a resident of southwestern Louisiana,” the state’s Department of Health said on its website. “The individual had exposure to sick and dead birds that are suspected to have been infected with H5N1,” the virus that causes bird flu. Public health officials there said they’re coordinating with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The majority of the cases have been in California and Washington, and were in farmworkers who had been in contact with infected poultry or dairy cows. That number is likely an underestimate. A November report from the CDC found evidence of asymptomatic bird flu infections in farmworkers. There's no evidence that the bird flu is spreading from person to person.
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