Colorado School of Public Health

Employee at dairy farm contracted Colorado’s first human case of avian flu this year

Written by Colorado Public Radio (CPR) | July 04, 2024

The state health department identified a human case of avian influenza H5 infection as the virus has put more than two dozen dairy cattle herds under quarantine. An employee at a dairy farm in northeast Colorado who had direct exposure to dairy cattle with avian flu had a case of conjunctivitis, or pink eye, which he reported to state health officials.