The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that a second dairy worker has been diagnosed with the bird flu.
A Michigan dairy worker became infected with H5N1, also known as bird flu, after being around livestock, such as cows, that were infected with the virus, according to a statement from the CDC.
This comes after another dairy worker who had been working on a farm in Texas experienced bleeding of the eyes after coming into contact with cows that were infected with bird flu, according to the New York Post.
Dairy cows stand together at a farm, Monday, April 1, 2024, in Clinton, Maine. Federal health and agriculture officials pledged new spending and other efforts Friday, May 10, 2024, to help track and contain an outbreak of bird flu in the nation’s dairy cows that has spread to more than 40 herds in nine states. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
“A…
