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A Washington state man is believed to be the first person to die from a rare strain of bird flu, but state health officials ...

A Washington resident died of complications from an infection with a bird flu strain never before reported in humans, the state Department of Health said on Friday.

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

It was the first recorded infection of the H5N5 variant in a person globally. Tyson closing one of its largest beef ...

A Grays Harbor County resident died Friday from H5N5 avian influenza, becoming the first person globally infected with this ...

Based on the EC’s database, Germany has now recorded the most outbreaks in this category to date in 2025 at 122, followed by ...

The person, who lived in Grays Harbor County, Wash., had been hospitalized earlier this month in Kings County, where Seattle is located.

Over the past few weeks, further outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza have been confirmed on poultry farms in Japan ...

H5N5 bird flu, recently detected in a US patient, can cause symptoms ranging from mild fever and cough to severe respiratory ...

In Vardø, Norway’s easternmost town, seabirds are disappearing due to climate change, disease, and overfishing. Fisherman Jan ...

Out on his farm in Dundee Township, Cliff McConville sees geese landing in the fields where his turkeys and chickens graze.