YakimaH5N1 killed a dairy-exposed resident, the first in a year.
County officials report 33 infected dairy herds and 3 human infections tied to dairy exposure.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sequenced the virus and found no changes making it more transmissible or more severe.
The agency reports no known person-to-person spread and calls the risk to the public low.
Yakima Health District is monitoring close contacts of the 3 infected people for symptoms.
How each outlet framed it
- STAT
- details the Yakima death's dairy exposure and 33 positive herds, adding that three human infections trace to one dairy
Sources: STAT