The new update, datedFeb.
26, includes recently confirmed cases in Nevada, Ohio, and Wyoming.
The two more serious cases involve being infected by birds, though under very different conditions.
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The poultry farm worker experienced respiratory symptoms and what the health agency calls severe illness and was hospitalized.
That worker is now at home and recovering, according to the CDC.
That person was infected by dead poultry on their property known to have died of bird flu.
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