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A photo of "blood in eyes" of a dairy worker was published in The New England Journal of Medicine Friday, May 3, 2024. The New Englan Journal of Medicine letter to the editor from a number of doctors and researcher described the eye symptom as conjunctivitis with subconjuntival hemorrhage in both eyes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed HPAI A(H5N1) virus infection in the conjunctival and nasopharyngeal swab specimens obtained on the day of symptom onset. "Vital signs were unremarkable, with normal respiratory effort and an oxygen saturation of 97% while the patient was breathing ambient air.," according to the letter to the editor. No USDA alerts  related to Avian Influenza as of Saturday May 4, 2024 1:08 PM CDT. Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Infection in a Dairy Farm Worker | New England Journal of Medicine Dairy worker with bird flu never developed respiratory symptoms, only pinkeye  - NBC News H5N1 bird flu virus started s...

Approximately 1.6 million laying hens and 337,000 pullets, about 3.6% of its total flock, were destroyed in early April 2024 after avian influenza was found at a facility in Parmer County, Texas. As of Friday, April 19, 2024, the strain of bird flu that has killed millions of wild birds in recent years has been found in at least 26 dairy herds in eight states: Idaho, Kansas, Michigan, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas and South Dakota. "There are about 312 million egg-laying hens on farms across the U.S. right now—that's nearly one bird for every American—and while there are plenty of eggs to meet demand, we have seen temporary, isolated supply disruptions in certain parts of the country at the local level due to bird flu," Marc Dresner with the American Egg Board told Allrecipes for an article about egg prices rising again in February 2024. “At this time, there continues to be no concern that this circumstance poses a risk to consumer health, or that it affects the...