The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed that a resident of Grays Harbor County is the first person in the U.S. known to be infected with the H5N5 strain of avian influenza. 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.

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 ...

Washington state has confirmed the first U.S. human case of the H5N5 bird flu strain Officials say the public risk is low More than 100 people who came in contact with the infected individual were ...

A strain of bird flu never seen in humans has infected a Washington state resident and left the person hospitalized, state health authorities said. Washington State Department of Health authorities ...

The patient is an older adult with underlying health conditions. A Washington state resident has tested positive for bird flu, marking the first human case confirmed in the U.S. in nine months. The ...

Health officials in Washington state say they have identified the nation's first human case of bird flu since February, pending confirmatory testing. A Grays Harbor County, Washington, resident ...

The most recent infections confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were in early February.

A resident of Grays Harbour County died after testing positive for a new type of bird flu that has never been detected in humans before, state health officials reported. According to officials, the ...

MONDAY, Nov. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A Washington state resident has become the first person in the United States to test positive for a rare bird flu strain that has never before been found in ...

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 ...