California health officials confirmed the state’s first two cases of human bird flu infections on Oct. 3.
Both people live in California’s Central Valley—a key agricultural region in the state—and caught the virus after contacting infected dairy cattle.
Both cases were confirmed by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), according to the California Department of Public Health.
“There is no known link or contact between the two cases, suggesting only animal-to-human spread of the virus in California,” the health department announced in a press release Thursday.
Both people had mild symptoms, including conjunctivitis. Neither reported respiratory symptoms, and they were not hospitalized….