Colorado Dairy Worker Tests Positive for Bird Flu, 4th Person Linked to Outbreak

Colorado Dairy Worker Tests Positive for Bird Flu, 4th Person Linked to Outbreak
Dairy cattle feed at a farm in N.M., on March 31, 2017. Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo
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A fourth farm worker has been infected with bird flu in the growing outbreak linked to dairy cows, health officials reported Wednesday.

The worker had direct contact with infected dairy cows on a northeast Colorado farm, state and federal health officials said. The man developed pink eye, or conjunctivitis, received antiviral treatment and has recovered.