Officials find no evidence bird flu is spreading between people after Missouri investigation
Health officials say there’s no evidence bird flu is spreading between people after investigating a mysterious Missouri infection
By MIKE STOBBE
Published - Oct 24, 2024, 02:37 PM ET
Last Updated - Dec 16, 2024, 06:00 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials said Thursday that there's no evidence bird flu is spreading between people after investigating a mysterious infection in Missouri.
The illness reported last month was different from the 30 other bird flu infections in people in the U.S. so far this year. Those cases have been in farmworkers who had contact with infected dairy cows or chickens.
There was no known contact with an infected animal in the Missouri case, but health officials said Thursday that’s the only remaining explanation.
"There is no evidence of person-to-person transmission,” said Dr. Demetre Daskalakis of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
