Human case of bird flu in Texas detected after contact with infected dairy cattle

  • PANHANDLE CATTLE stand in the burn scar from the Smokehouse Creek fire on March. 3, 2024. | Justin Rex for The Texas Tribune
    PANHANDLE CATTLE stand in the burn scar from the Smokehouse Creek fire on March. 3, 2024. | Justin Rex for The Texas Tribune
The person had contact with infected cattle, state health officials said. It's the second recorded human case in the U.S.NEELAM BOHRA | TEXAS TRIBUNE A person in Texas became ill with bird flu after contact with infected dairy cattle, state officials reported Monday.It’s the first human case of the highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza in Texas, and it’s the second recorded in the U.S.,…

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