CDC working to protect farmworkers as bird flu impacts several states

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is taking action to reduce the risk of the bird flu, especially among farmworkers.

“Year in and year out, People who live in rural communities tend to get the flu vaccine less often than other parts of the U.S.,” said Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, a Medical Epidemiologist with the CDC.

This year, there’s also concern about the bird flu. California has at least 37 confirmed human cases of the disease, including several dairy workers…

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