Health News Bird Flu Casts A Wider Net As U S Health Officials Keep Drip Feeding Information On Fridays

Washington resident infected with different strain of bird flu, health officials say

A Washington resident has been hospitalized with a different strain of bird flu than those seen in past cases, state health officials announced Friday. The person was infected with a bird flu called ... Read More

Preliminary case of bird flu in Washington state would be U.S.'s first in 9 months

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 ... Read More

Bird flu warnings are being ignored—I've seen this pattern before

There's an unwritten rule in publishing, or so I've been told: Don't write about COVID. Our collective attention span has been saturated by those endless months holed up in attics and cramped corners ... Read More

Washington state resident dies after contracting a bird flu strain never before detected in humans, officials say

A Washington state man is believed to be the first person to die from a rare strain of bird flu, but state health officials said Friday the risk to the public is low. The man, an older adult with ... Read More

1st US human bird flu case in 9 months confirmed with strain only seen in animals before

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 ... Read More

Washington state resident dies after rare bird flu strain infection

A Washington state resident believed to be the first person to be infected with a rare strain of bird flu has died, state health officials announced. The person — an older adult with underlying health ... Read More

Bird flu surges among poultry amid a scaled back federal response

As birds fly south for the winter, they're carrying with them some unwelcome cargo: the H5N1 virus, or bird flu. In the past 30 days, the virus has struck 66 poultry flocks, leading to the deaths of ... Read More

Bird flu patient dies, marking second U.S. fatality in 2025

A Washington resident who was the first human case of bird flu in the U.S. since February died on Friday, state health officials said. The person was an older adult with underlying conditions and had ... Read More

H5N1 Bird Flu Could Trigger Pandemic More Deadly Than COVID-19, Experts Say

A new warning from global health experts is raising alarms about the potential for a bird flu pandemic that could outpace the devastation of COVID-19, if the H5N1 virus mutates to spread easily ... Read More

Deadly bird flu strain 'mutating faster than ever' as health experts issue warning

Scientists warn the H5N1 bird flu virus is evolving rapidly and has been detected on six continents, with 18 human cases reported in Cambodia this year including nine deaths ... Read More

Possible human bird flu case in Washington state, first in U.S. in 9 months

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 ... Read More

First U.S. case of human bird flu in 9 months confirmed in Washington state

Health officials in Washington state said Friday they have confirmed the first U.S. human case of bird flu since February, with a strain that has previously been reported in animals but never before ... Read More