Bird Flu 2024 Michigan News. The first human case of h5n1 bird flu linked to an outbreak in dairy cows in the united states was reported on april 1, 2024, in texas. A michigan farmworker has been diagnosed with bird flu in what is the second human case associated with an outbreak in u.s.
A second human case of bird flu infection linked to the current h5n1 outbreak in dairy cows has been detected, in a farm worker who had exposure to. The most recent case in michigan is in a farmworker who was exposed to cows infected with bird flu, also known as avian flu, according to the michigan department of health and human services.