A San Francisco child is the second in the U.S. to contract bird flu, with the CDC noting that the risk to the public is low. The child recovered.
The CDC listed 67 human cases of bird flu in the U.S. since 2024, with one death. California has reported the highest number of cases.
Health expert John Swartzberg expressed concern that the avian H5 strain of bird flu is increasingly infecting mammals, leading to severe impacts on animal populations.
John Swartzberg highlighted that the H5 subtype of avian influenza has adapted to infect other species beyond birds, particularly harming seals.
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