The country's first-ever H5N5 bird flu case has been confirmed in Washington state, where a resident is hospitalized with a rare avian influenza strain never before seen in humans.

The death from bird flu of a person in Washington is a reminder that avian flu is circulating widely during flu season, ...

One person had died from the disease. In early January, a backyard flock keeper hospitalized with bird flu in Louisiana became the first person in the United States to die of the disease after ...

H5N5 is found in wild birds around the world, and it is relatively common for it to pass from them into flocks of poultry.

An individual with the first-ever human case of H5N5 avian influenza has died, according to Washington State health officials ...

A man in Washington has become the first human ever infected with the H5N5 bird flu strain, a virus previously seen only in wild and domestic birds. Health authorities are investigating how the ...

After a Western Washington resident became the first human to contract a rare form of avian flu, you may be wondering if you’re at risk of getting sick.

Washington state health officials confirmed Friday that a resident has contracted a rare strain of bird flu, marking the nation’s first human case of avian influenza since February. According to The ...

A Washington state resident has tested positive for bird flu — the first U.S. human case reported in about nine months and the first ever involving the H5N5 strain, health officials said last week.

Although bird flu infections in humans remain rare, this case marks a significant development in flu surveillance in the U.S.

Bird flu hasn’t gone anywhere, and it’s still sickening Americans. Health officials in Washington have confirmed that a resident contracted a nasty bout of H5N5 avian influenza—the first known case of ...