First case of bird flu in human confirmed in Platte County

Posted 2/19/25

PLATTE COUNTY , WYOMING – The Wyoming Department of Health confirmed the state’s first case of H5N1 avian influenza in a human had been discovered in an older adult in Platte County. …

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