Scientific American
First Human Dies of Rare H5N5 Bird Flu Strain. Here’s What You Need to Know
A person in the Washington State has died of avian influenza. It’s the first human death from bird flu in the U.S. since January—but the infection was of a different strain than the one that has been ...
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First Human Case Of H5N5 Bird Flu, Dies
The first known human infected with the H5N5 strain of bird flu has died, Washington state health officials confirmed on Friday. The patient was an older adult with underlying health conditions and ...
Medical Xpress
First human bird-flu death from H5N5L: What you need to know
H5N1 bird flu has infected growing numbers of people worldwide in recent years, but this week saw something new: the first recorded human case of an H5N5 avian influenza virus. What is this virus and ...
WRAL
What a US farmworker’s case of bird flu tells us about tracking the infection
(CNN) — A US farmworker who caught bird flu after working with dairy cattle in Texas appears to be the first known case of mammal-to-human transmission of the virus, a new study shows. CNN — (CNN) — A ...
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First Human Dies of Rare H5N5 Bird Flu Strain. Here’s What You Need to Know
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Washington State Department of Health announced the death on Friday, noting that the person who died had been hospitalized ...