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Four more health care workers ill after caring for bird flu case in Missouri
The CDC said an investigation into a human H5N1 bird flu infection in Missouri has found four additional health care workers who fell ill after caring for the patient.
The fact that the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services is still finding such individuals weeks after the H5N1 patient was released from hospital is raising concerns about the rigor of the investigation that the state is running. “Public health credibility is really on the line here,” Michael Osterholm, director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, told STAT. Blood samples have been collected from the five health workers who were ill after caring for the patient, Cox said, adding they will be sent to CDC’s Atlanta headquarters as soon as safe shipment can be assured, citing the disruption caused by Hurricane Helene.
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