{"id":8791,"date":"2025-02-19T12:28:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T18:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=8791"},"modified":"2025-02-19T12:28:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T18:28:25","slug":"wyoming-confirms-states-1st-human-case-of-bird-flu-bringing-total-to-70-across-13-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2025\/02\/19\/wyoming-confirms-states-1st-human-case-of-bird-flu-bringing-total-to-70-across-13-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyoming confirms state&#8217;s 1st human case of bird flu, bringing total to 70 across 13 states"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p>Y<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/live\/bird-flu-latest-updates-wyoming-confirms-states-1st-human-case-of-bird-flu-bringing-total-to-70-across-13-states-163513945.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAADFa3iJ2hXKLvbeyYN2ztqnUfsd_OK-LKZyuiaPqY0bSRgNQZVbjsBd-2IwL6waf4wYJGWCPooSC4kV4RuIYeNtFu_cQd99BDC9go9gSBQjzxlnHY_L3zoIl3yiyYwUYAWDvTqevwG0KMIyq7EfKU2HPnMlO7w937C9cFdvModjc\">ahoo News<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bird flu is spreading across the United States, causing egg shortages and soaring prices at supermarkets and restaurants \u2014 however, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/bird-flu\/situation-summary\/index.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says&nbsp;<\/a>that the current public health risk is low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Friday, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/health.wyo.gov\/wyomings-first-human-bird-flu-case-confirmed\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wyoming Department of Health<\/a>&nbsp;confirmed the state&#8217;s first human case of H5N1 bird flu. That case is the third confirmed hospitalization related to the virus in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the weekend, Ohio&#8217;s health department&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-bird-flu-hospitalizations-rise-ohio-discloses-case\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">confirmed to CBS News<\/a>&nbsp;that a farmer in the state sickened with bird flu was also hospitalized and has since been released, making it the fourth hospitalization in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/Bird flu is spreading across the United States, causing egg shortages and soaring prices at supermarkets and restaurants \u2014 however, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that the current public health risk is low.  On Friday, the Wyoming Department of Health confirmed the state's first human case of H5N1 bird flu. That case is the third confirmed hospitalization related to the virus in the U.S.  Over the weekend, Ohio's health department confirmed to CBS News that a farmer in the state sickened with bird flu was also hospitalized and has since been released, making it the fourth hospitalization in the U.S.\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yahoo News Bird flu is spreading across the United States, causing egg shortages and soaring prices at supermarkets and restaurants \u2014 however, the&nbsp;Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says&nbsp;that the current public health risk is low. On Friday, the&nbsp;Wyoming Department of Health&nbsp;confirmed the state&#8217;s first human case of H5N1 bird flu. 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