H5N5 is not believed to be a greater threat to human health than the H5N1 virus, which was behind a wave of human infections in the U.S. in 2024 and 2025.
The first human to have ever been infected with the H5N5 strain of bird flu has died, Washington state health officials confirmed late Friday. The person was an older adult with underlying health ...
A Washington resident died of complications from an infection with a bird flu strain never before reported in humans, the ...
A Washington state resident died after being hospitalized with the virus which caused high fever, confusion and severe ...