SRH: A New “Health Alert” From the CDC Calls for the Isolation of People Who Have Contracted Avian Flu. After an h5n1 Infection in a Texas Farmhand, the CDC Issued a New Warning About Avian Flu. Following the confirmation of a human bird flu infection in a dairy farm worker in Texas earlier this month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a warning to state health agencies and clinicians earlier on April 5. Health care providers should be aware of the federal agency’s “updated recommendations” regarding “instructions for infection prevention and control measures, using personal protective equipment (PPE), testing, antiviral treatment, patient investigations, and monitoring of exposed persons,” which include those who have been “exposed to sick or dead wild and domesticated animals and livestock with suspected or confirmed infection” with H5N1 avian influenza. This information […]