CDC A(H5N1) Bird Flu Response Update September 27, 2024
WEBSep 27, 2024 · Missouri continues to lead the investigation into that state's only reported H5 case with technical assistance from CDC in Atlanta. As CDC learns new information from Missouri about its investigation, we are sharing it as quickly as possible in this space to help keep the public up to date.
CDC testing of Missouri's bird flu case hits obstacles, delaying …
WEB1 day ago · U.S. health officials have run into obstacles in their efforts to determine whether a Missouri person infected with H5N1 bird flu passed the virus on to others, causing a delay that will...
Why fears of human bird-flu spread in Missouri are overblown
WEB19 hours ago · Hospital workers reported respiratory symptoms after encountering a Missouri patient with H5N1 who had not been exposed to farm animals. Officials say bird flu transmission is unlikely.
Possible Cluster of Human Bird-Flu Infections Expands in Missouri
WEB6 days ago · Sept. 27, 2024. A possible cluster of bird-flu infections in Missouri has grown to include eight people, in what may be the first examples of person-to-person transmission in the United States,...
‘This is not a cluster’: The latest on the Missouri bird flu case
WEB17 hours ago · The patient had no exposure to animals that carry the virus — and is now the first known U.S. case of a person who contracted the avian influenza strain known as H5N1 without working on a farm.
More health-care workers in contact with Missouri bird flu ... - CNN
WEB6 days ago · CNN — Four more health-care workers who tended to a person hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu have revealed that they had respiratory symptoms after their exposures, according to the US Centers for...
CDC Confirms Human H5 Bird Flu Case in Missouri
WEBSeptember 6, 2024 -- CDC has confirmed a human case of avian influenza A(H5) ("H5 bird flu") reported by the state of Missouri. The case was identified through that state's seasonal flu surveillance system.
Cause of Missouri H5 bird flu case remains a mystery, CDC says
WEBSep 12, 2024 · Disease investigators have not been able to determine how a person in Missouri with no known exposures to animals or poultry became infected with an H5 bird flu virus, the principal deputy ...
Mysterious bird flu case in Missouri was similar to strain ... - CNN
WEBSep 13, 2024 · A patient in Missouri who was hospitalized after an infection with bird flu had the H5N1 strain of the virus, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Friday.
Missouri Bird Flu Case Raises Prospect of Human Transmission
WEBSep 13, 2024 · H5N1 has been known to spread between close contacts, including those living in the same household. And neither the initial patient nor the household contact had any known exposure to the...
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