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CDC investigating potential human-to-human bird flu transmission

By Bloomberg Health  
   September 30, 2024

Health authorities are studying seven people who developed influenza symptoms after being exposed to a Missouri bird flu patient, raising the possibility of the first human-to-human transmission of the infection. None have tested positive for avian influenza and work is underway to see if they have antibodies to the virus that's been spreading among birds and dairy cows in the U.S., the CDC says.

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