Two cats that belonged to Michigan dairy workers died after being infected with bird flu. But it's still not clear how the animals got sick or whether they spread the virus to people in the ...

The study, parts of which were accidentally released this month, details a public health investigation in Michigan from May 2024 involving dairy workers with bird flu symptoms and their pet cats.

In both instances, the dairy workers declined to be tested for H5N1, the study said. That means it’s impossible to know whether they directly transmitted the virus to their cats, said Dr. Keith ...

One cat that died belonged to a worker on a dairy farm in a county known to have bird flu-infected cattle. The worker reported symptoms of illness before the cat got sick. That cat fell ill ...

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