Wyoming confirms state’s 1st human case of hen flu, bringing complete to 70 throughout 13 states

Chicken flu is spreading throughout the US, inflicting egg shortages and hovering costs at supermarkets and eating places — nevertheless, the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention says that the present public well being danger is low.

On Friday, the Wyoming Division of Well being confirmed the state’s first human case of H5N1 hen flu. That case is the third confirmed hospitalization associated to the virus within the U.S.

Over the weekend, Ohio’s well being division confirmed to CBS Information {that a} farmer within the state sickened with hen flu was additionally hospitalized and has since been launched, making it the fourth hospitalization within the U.S.

The CDC’s web site at present signifies there are 68 confirmed human instances of hen flu throughout 11 states, with one loss of life in Louisiana related to the H5N1 an infection. As of Feb. 18, Wyoming’s and Ohio’s human instances convey the overall to 70 confirmed human instances of hen flu throughout 13 states.

In latest months, instances of avian influenza have elevated in animals, together with poultry, wild birds, dairy cows and even pet cats. Almost 23 million birds have been affected by the virus in January, in response to the U.S. Division of Agriculture. Since February 2022, over 138 million birds have been contaminated by H5N1.