Two indoor-only cats living in separate households in Michigan developed H5N1 bird flu in May 2024 and subsequently died. The cats’ owners were dairy farmworkers who declined testing but reported having symptoms consistent with H5N1 bird flu prior to the cats becoming ill.
In April 2024, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health identified three cases of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection among people experiencing homelessness at the same time as a sharp increase in HAV concentrations at the wastewater plant that services the area where the patients lived.
