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Missouri patient tests positive for bird flu despite no known exposure to animals - Boston News, Weather, Sports

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A hospitalized patient in Missouri was infected with bird flu despite having had no known contact with dairy cows or other animals associated with an

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  1. NBC10 Philadelphia

    Missouri patient tests positive for bird flu despite no known exposure to animals (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    The risk to the general public remains low, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said in a statement

  2. BNO News

    Missouri reports human bird flu case with no link to animals (opens BNO News)

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    A patient in Missouri has tested positive for H5 bird flu, but unlike previous cases there is no known link to animals, according to state and federal officials. The source of the infection is still unknown.

  3. WHDH Boston

    Missouri patient tests positive for bird flu despite no known exposure to animals - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    A hospitalized patient in Missouri was infected with bird flu despite having had no known contact with dairy cows or other animals associated with an

  4. Wyoming Public Media

    First case of bird flu not directly linked to sick animals is found in Missouri (opens Wyoming Public Media)

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    So far, there have been 14 human cases of bird flu this year. All the patients — except the one from Missouri — had been linked to sick dairy cows or poultry.

  5. ABC 11 Raleigh

    Missouri reports 1st human case of bird flu in the state (opens ABC 11 Raleigh)

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    An adult with underlying medical conditions was hospitalized on Aug. 22 and has since recovered, the Missouri health department said.

  6. New York Times

    Missouri Reports Bird Flu in a Patient Without a Known Risk (opens New York Times)

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    Previous human infections occurred in workers on farms. But community transmission of the virus remains unlikely for now, experts said.

  7. KTVZ Bend

    US’ first human case of bird flu not linked to animals reported in Missouri (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — A person in Missouri is the United States’ first case of H5 avian influenza without a known exposure to a sick animal, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday. “This is the 14th human case of H5 reported in the United States during 2024 and the

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