Two dairy workers in California tested positive for H5 bird flu, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the California Department of Public Health announced.
The CDC said in a release that the two cases were unrelated – with the farmers working at different dairy farms in California’s Central Valley.
"CDC continues to collaborate closely with California and other state public health officials to support state-run efforts to control the spread of H5N1 from infected animals to humans," the agency said.