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H5N5 Alert In US: Man Dies After Contracting Rare Bird-Flu Strain, How Risky Is It?

According to reports the H5N5 patient from the Grays Harbor County who lives about 125 kilometers southwest of Seattle had a ...

Washington state resident dies after contracting a bird flu strain never before detected in ...

The man, an older adult with underlying health conditions, was being treated for a type of bird flu called H5N5.

First-ever human case of rare bird flu strain confirmed in western US

The country's first-ever H5N5 bird flu case has been confirmed in Washington state, where a resident is hospitalized with a ...

Washington Reports First Human Case of Rare Bird Flu Strain

MONDAY, Nov. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A Washington state resident has become the first person in the United States to test ...

Bird flu: Washington state resident believed to be first to die from rare strain of H5N5

A Washington state resident died after contracting the H5N5 avian influenza, marking the first recorded human infection with ...
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US records first-ever death from rare H5N5 bird flu strain

The US has recorded first-ever death of a person from a rare H5N5 bird flu strain that has never been reported before in ...

'Bird flu means rare breeds will disappear'

"The biggest problem with bird flu is that a lot of the rare breeds that are so beautiful will disappear." Elsewhere, at the ...