US , Colorado Probe Additional H5N1 Bird Flu Cases in Poultry Farm
Federal and state investigators in Colorado are investigating an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu on a poultry farm that has resulted in four confirmed human cases and a suspected case.
The infections are the first reported cases in poultry workers in the United States since 2022. They follow an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in U.S. dairy cattle that has infected an additional four farm workers since March.
The poultry workers were culling chickens at a commercial egg facility with a bird flu outbreak in northeast Colorado, the state...
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