A Washington resident has been hospitalized with a strain of bird flu that has not been seen in humans before, according to the Washington State Health Department. Since 2024, there have been 70 ...
H5N1 bird flu has infected growing numbers of people worldwide in recent years, but this week saw something new: the first recorded human case of an H5N5 avian influenza virus. What is this virus and ...
In response to a new strain of influenza reported in China, the Arizona State Laboratory has obtained H7N9 influenza test kits from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. China is ...
GRAYS HARBOR, Wash. — Health officials announced that a Grays Harbor County resident has tested preliminarily positive for avian influenza, potentially marking Washington’s first human case of bird ...
Hong Kong has confirmed its first human case of potentially deadly H7N9 bird flu, and raised its influenza pandemic response level from “alert” to “serious.” A 36-year-old Indonesian domestic worker ...