Overview

• 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.