84 m. ago Bird flu: first ever death from rare H5N5 strain is recorded in US

The man in Washington state had a backyard flock of domestic poultry that had been exposed to wild birds, health officials saidA US man is believed to be the first person to die from a rare strain of bird flu, but state health officials said on Friday the risk to the public is low.The man in Washington state, an older adult with underlying health conditions, was being treated for a bird flu strain called H5N5 after becoming seemingly the first known human infected by the strain, according to a statement from the Washington State Department of Health. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Washington state man believed to be the first to die from a rare strain of bird flu

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

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61 h. ago US reports bird flu infection with H5N5 strain of virus never seen in humans before

Health officials in the US have reported the detection of the H5N5 bird flu strain in a human

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64 h. ago Symptoms of bird flu as UKHSA issues update on 'highly pathogenic' H5N1 strain

A number of bird flu outbreaks have been reported across the UK, but officials say the risk to the public is very low

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3 w. ago New pandemic warning as another bird flu strain adapts to infect humans

Scientists are mostly concerned about the 5N1 virus which has killed 21 people since 2020 and is currently spreading among dairy cows in North America as boffins warned about an evolving virus

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4 w. ago Fears highly contagious virus spreading after hundreds of seal pups found dead

The H5N1 bird flu strain has caused millions of deaths among wild birds and mammals since 2021

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