Bird flu spreads among Colorado farmworkers, with nine infected in two weeks

Nine farmworkers at two egg farms in Colorado have contracted mild cases of bird flu since mid-July while killing and disposing of millions of infected chickens, said public health officials on Thursday. “These preliminary results again underscore the risk of exposure to infected animals,” said the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), which added that the… » Read More

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