Shares of Big Pharma companies including Modena and Pfizer exploded on Wednesday following two reports of human bird flu infections, one in the US and another in Australia.
On Wednesday, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reported a farm worker who had high exposure to infected livestock developed mild symptoms and has recovered.
“The current health risk to the general public remains low,” Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, Michigan’s chief medical executive, said in a news release.
Bagdasarian continued, “We have not seen signs of sustained human-to-human transmission at this point. This is exactly how public health is meant to work, in early detection and monitoring of new and emerging illnesses.”