Patient hospitalized after first human case of bird flu linked to rare strain of virus

One person had died from the disease. In early January, a backyard flock keeper hospitalized with bird flu in Louisiana ...

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 ...

Strain of bird flu virus never before reported in people is behind first human case in US in nine months

A Washington resident has been hospitalized with bird flu, according to the Washington State Health Department, and they’re ...
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China reports possible first human case of H10N3 bird flu

BEIJING — A 41-year-old man in Jiangsu province, which is northwest of Shanghai, has contracted possibly the world's first human case of the H10N3 strain of bird flu, the Chinese government said ...

Bird flu strain confirmed in human for 1st time after only seen in animals before

Testing confirmed the patient has H5N5, a strain of bird flu that has previously been reported in animals but never before in ...

What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic

Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we ...
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Reports of bird flu in farm animals raise concerns about the virus

Cases of bird flu have been reported in farm animals across the country. While there are no human cases, some are concerned the shutdown and cuts to federal resources have us flying in the dark.

Rare Bird Flu Strain Detected in Washington State Resident

Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease professor at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee, told Newsweek in an email on Saturday, “Infection with a H5N5 bird flu virus ...