Nada Hassanein is a health care reporter for Stateline with a focus on inequities. Stateline is part of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization.
Nationwide, there have been 70 confirmed human cases since 2024, according to the CDC. Most of these cases have been among farmworkers, who are in daily close contact with poultry and cattle.California has recordedthe most cases, with 38 patients, nearlyall exposed to the virus from dairy herds, followed by Washington state with 11 cases.