Colorado Reports New Human Cases of Bird Flu, Raising State’s Total to 10

Three more poultry workers have tested positive for avian flu in a second farm in Colorado’s Weld County, bringing the number of cases in the state so far to 10, state health officials said on July 25. Nine of the cases were detected at two poultry farms and one was from a dairy farm, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said in a statement. The three new cases involved people working directly with infected chickens at a commercial egg layer operation in Weld County, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The workers experienced mild illness and have been offered antiviral drugs for treatment. State health officials said there has been no evidence of person-to-person transmission of the virus....