{"id":1674,"date":"2024-11-21T11:41:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T11:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/21\/child-in-california-treated-for-possible-bird-flu-state-health-department-says\/"},"modified":"2024-11-21T11:41:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T11:41:05","slug":"child-in-california-treated-for-possible-bird-flu-state-health-department-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/21\/child-in-california-treated-for-possible-bird-flu-state-health-department-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Child in California treated for possible bird flu, state health department says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3or5p2i001j27nwbcv2ewk4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            A child is home and recovering after a possible case of bird flu in Alameda County, California, according to the California Department of Public Health. The child had mild upper respiratory symptoms and received treatment. The child initially tested positive with low levels of virus, the health department said, then tested negative four days later and also tested positive for other respiratory viruses that could have contributed to cold and flu symptoms.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3orbv3h00063b5vpdmxkkzh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            It\u2019s not clear how the child was infected, but health officials are investigating a possible exposure to wild birds, the health department said in a news release.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3orbv3h00073b5vcih6a6k6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The risk to the public is low, the health department said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3orbv3h00083b5vkwlbugff@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cIt\u2019s natural for people to be concerned, and we want to reinforce for parents, caregivers and families that based on the information and data we have, we don\u2019t think the child was infectious \u2013 and no human-to-human spread of bird flu has been documented in any country for more than 15 years,\u201d said Dr. Tom\u00e1s Arag\u00f3n, the director of the California Department of Public Health and State Public Health Officer.    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/factbox\/instances\/cm3orc60o000i3b5v0ki657i6@published\" data-component-name=\"factbox\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" class=\"factbox_inline-small factbox_inline-small__\">\n<ul data-editable=\"items\" class=\"factbox_inline-small__items factbox_inline-small__items--ul\">\n<li data-editable=\"items.0.text\" class=\"factbox_inline-small__item inline-placeholder\">Sign up here to get <strong>The Results Are In with Dr. Sanjay Gupta<\/strong> every Friday from the CNN Health team.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3orbv3h00093b5vjb1yzjxa@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Bird flu symptoms in humans can include eye redness or discharge, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, diarrhea, vomiting, muscle or body aches, headaches, fatigue, trouble breathing and fever, the health department said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3orbv3h000a3b5v9hizb589@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            There have been at least 46 confirmed human infections of H5 influenza in the US associated with an ongoing outbreak of the virus. Most of the cases have been among farm workers.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3orbv3h000b3b5v15vq1nnz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            A Canadian teenager has been hospitalized in critical condition with the virus since earlier this month, according to health officials in Canada. It is still unknown how the teen caught this strain of flu.    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A child is home and recovering after a possible case of bird flu in Alameda County, California, according to the California Department of Public Health. The child had mild upper respiratory symptoms and received treatment. 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