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CDC urges more testing of farmworkers for bird flu

11/07/24 1:28 PM By Steve Davies
KEYWORDS bird flu H5N1 Highly pathogenic avian influenza HPAI

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending several measures to reduce the risk of farmworkers being infected with bird flu as well as testing of poultry and dairy employees who may have been exposed to the H5N1 virus, even if they do not show symptoms of illness.

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