In our most recent reports on the “bird flu,”  California now appears to be the new epicenter for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), as several of the state’s dairy workers at herds impacted by the pathogen became infected.

The symptoms of infection in all these cases were mild and included the “pink eye” associated with this strain of influenza when infection occurs in humans.

Now the state’s public health officials report that a child has tested positive for this bird flu strain.

California’s public health department reported a possible case of bird flu in a child with mild respiratory symptoms on Tuesday, but said there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission of the virus and that the child’s family members tested negative...