US health officials have confirmed a human case of bird flu in a patient that had no immediately known animal exposure.

The patient, in the state of Missouri, was treated in hospital and has since recovered, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said.

It is the 14th human case of bird flu in the US in 2024 and the first without a known occupational exposure to infected animals, according to the CDC.

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    3 months ago

    I think this is jumping to conclusions. We saw bird flu and swine flu spreads between humans too before covid.

    Plenty of these kinds of flus, and only 1 covid.