{"id":243816,"date":"2024-07-16T02:35:58","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T02:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/16\/bird-flu-cases-may-be-going-undetected-in-us-dairy-workers\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:14:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:14:40","slug":"bird-flu-cases-may-be-going-undetected-in-us-dairy-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/16\/bird-flu-cases-may-be-going-undetected-in-us-dairy-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird flu cases may be going undetected in US dairy workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"ArticleImage\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" width=\"1350\" height=\"899\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/15192608\/SEI_212256128.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1288px) 837px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(57.5vw + 55px), (min-width: 415px) calc(100vw - 40px), calc(70vw + 74px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/15192608\/SEI_212256128.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/15192608\/SEI_212256128.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/15192608\/SEI_212256128.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/15192608\/SEI_212256128.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/15192608\/SEI_212256128.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/15192608\/SEI_212256128.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/15192608\/SEI_212256128.jpg?width=837 837w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/15192608\/SEI_212256128.jpg?width=900 900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/15192608\/SEI_212256128.jpg?width=1003 1003w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/15192608\/SEI_212256128.jpg?width=1100 1100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/15192608\/SEI_212256128.jpg?width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/15192608\/SEI_212256128.jpg?width=1300 1300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/15192608\/SEI_212256128.jpg?width=1400 1400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/15192608\/SEI_212256128.jpg?width=1500 1500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/15192608\/SEI_212256128.jpg?width=1600 1600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/15192608\/SEI_212256128.jpg?width=1674 1674w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/15192608\/SEI_212256128.jpg?width=1700 1700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/15192608\/SEI_212256128.jpg?width=1800 1800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/15192608\/SEI_212256128.jpg?width=1900 1900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/15192608\/SEI_212256128.jpg?width=2006 2006w\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-image-context=\"Article\" data-image-id=\"2439632\" data-caption=\"A strain of bird flu has been circulating in dairy cows for almost five months\" data-credit=\"Lauren Justice\/Bloomberg via Getty Images\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">A strain of bird flu has been circulating in dairy cows for almost five months<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">Lauren Justice\/Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>US health officials are struggling to monitor people who have been exposed to a bird flu virus circulating in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2424447-bird-flu-detected-in-us-dairy-cows-heres-what-you-need-to-know\/\">dairy cows<\/a>. The patchy surveillance means infections in people may go undetected, making it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2432190-why-we-still-dont-know-exactly-how-bird-flu-is-spreading-between-cows\/\">difficult to mitigate the virus\u2019s spread<\/a>. This raises the risk of the pathogen developing mutations that could make it more dangerous to people.<\/p>\n<p>The virus, a strain of avian influenza known as H5N1, has killed millions of birds and thousands of mammals worldwide. 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