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Dairy workers in California continue to face a daunting threat from a virus surge in the state’s dairy cows, as federal officials confirmed 15 more outbreaks today.

The outbreak is Michigan's first since early September. Meanwhile, the USDA confirmed three earlier H5N1 detections in Florida dolphins.

In other developments, the country reported no new cases or deaths today for the third day in a row.

The disease continues to spread in the Americas, with Ecuador and Guyana recently reporting their first cases.

Genetic sequencing hasn't found a link to similar viruses elsewhere, and no related illnesses have been reported.

In other avian flu developments, Utah reported an outbreak in commercial poultry in the northern part of the state.

Rwanda's health ministry has reported one more case and one more death over the past 3 days.

The detections push the number of African countries reporting mpox cases to 17.