The Central Nevada Health District (CNHD) today said it has confirmed the state's first human infection from H5N1 avian flu, which involves a worker who was exposed to sick cows at a dairy farm in Churchill County. In its announcement, the CNHD said conjunctivitis was the only symptoms and that the worker is recovering.

A dairy worker in Nevada has reportedly been infected by the killer variant of H5N1 bird flu; analysis shows changes in new strain that makes it more lethal in mammals.

Nevada just confirmed its first human case of avian flu from infected cattle. Nevada’s first case was found in Churchill County, the Central Nevada Health District announced on Monday.