Wyoming Reports First Human Case of Bird Flu

An older woman from Platte County is hospitalized after contracting H5N1 from her infected backyard chickens.

The Wyoming Department of Health confirmed the state's first human case of H5N1 avian influenza in an older woman from Platte County.
The woman, who had preexisting health conditions, was likely exposed through direct contact with her infected backyard chicken flock, which had died from the virus.
This marks the third confirmed hospitalization related to bird flu in the United States, with 70 human cases reported nationwide in the past year.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated that the current public health risk remains low, with no evidence of human-to-human transmission in the U.S.
Experts continue to monitor the spread of H5N1, which has killed millions of birds and recently been detected in U.S. dairy cattle for the first time.