Personal protective equipment will be distributed to dairy and poultry farmworkers in San Mateo County to protect against the H5N1 virus, county health officials said.  

Due to a rising concern of H5N1, or bird flu, spreading among dairy cows nationally, the county health department will be participating in a program through the California Department of Public Health to provide a one-time supply of personal protective equipment to businesses and organizations that employ or serve dairy and poultry farmworkers.  

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Aditi Praveen Kariyanahalli is a digital media intern at Bay City News through the Dow Jones News Fund. She is a rising senior at Fordham University, double majoring in journalism and political science. She serves as the arts & culture editor at The Fordham Observer, her university’s student newspaper. Aditi enjoys writing about visual art, local politics and housing justice. In her free time, she loves to read and swim.