The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including its four agencies CDC, FDA, NIH, and ASPR, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), remain focused on keeping communities healthy, safe, and informed in response to the outbreak of H5N1 in dairy cattle.
The Department of Health and Human Services , including its four agencies CDC, FDA, NIH, and ASPR, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture , remain focused on keeping communities healthy, safe, and informed in response to the outbreak of H5N1 in dairy cattle. CDC continues to assess that the risk to the general public is low.
However, farmworkers who work closely with infected animals are at a higher risk of infection. As a result, across the U.S. Government, the Administration has taken a number of actions to enhance farmworker safety and to provide clear information to inform decisions made by workers and employers. For more information on the ongoing response, please visit
If farmworkers or others with contact to infected animals are feeling sick, or exposed to livestock is in need of personal protective equipment they should contact their state health department for assistance. Additionally, the U.S.
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