Bird flu has been confirmed in a third American this year, marking the second case linked to a Michigan dairy, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. This raises concerns that the virus, which in April appeared in dairy farms throughout the United States, may be spreading further among people, not just animals. Four people in America have been infected so far, including an infection from poultry in 2022.
The latest farmworker infection is from a different farm than the one reported in Michigan on May 22. Another major difference is the symptoms this individual reported, with coughing and respiratory symptoms in addition to eye infections as reported in the two other cases this year.
