New strain of bird flu is detected in a Nevada dairy worker, CDC says

Federal health officials say a dairy worker in Nevada has been infected with a new type of bird flu that’s different from the version that has been spreading in U.S. herds since last year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the case Monday. The illness was considered mild and the person has already recovered. The newer strain had been seen before in more than a dozen people exposed to poultry, but this is the first time an infection was traced to a cow. The Nevada dairy worker was exposed at a farm in Churchill County, in the west central part of the state.