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US reports first human case of H5N1 bird flu

US federal authorities began monitoring for human infections of the the H5N1 bird flu in 2021 [File: The Associated Press]

The first known human case of H5N1 bird flu in the United States has been detected in a person in Colorado, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The person tested positive after being involved in the culling of poultry presumed to have had H5N1 bird flu, the CDC said in a statement. The infection comes amid a wider outbreak of the particular strain of bird flu in the US.

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