The first case of bird flu in a person was confirmed in April by the CDC.
HPAI H5N1 virus - 3d rendered image of highly pathogenic avian influenza., also known as bird flu, as it spreads across the U.S.
"What's made this year's outbreak interesting is the association with dairy cows, which is not an association that's been seen before," Michael Ben-Aderet, an infectious disease physician and associate director of hospital epidemiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, told ABC News. "There has been another strain in Canada that caused really severe disease in a teenager who ended up in critical condition in the hospital," Dr. Meghan Davis, an associate professor of environmental health and engineering at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, told ABC News. "So yes, these are highly related, but not quite the same.
"Raw milk consumers need to be aware that even handling the product itself could be a kind of exposure," Davis said. "So, if you're pouring it, you spill a little milk, get that on your hands, touch your eyes. You could get the same kind of exposure as someone who works in a dairy farm."Experts said the U.S. is currently not experiencing a bird flu pandemic, nor is the country presently at risk of a bird flu pandemic.
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