LOS ANGELES - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed the first case of bird flu in a child in California. This is the first reported avian influenza H5 virus infection in a child in the US.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed that bird flu was found in a child in California, according to a press release issued Friday. The case is the first reported such infection in a child in the U.

A California child was confirmed to be the first U.S. child to become infected with bird flu, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday.The CDC said the child, a resident of Alameda County,