This colorized electron microscope image shows avian influenza A virus particles, red/yellow, grown in cultured cells. (CDC / National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases / AP) The first ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Washington State Department of Health announced the death on Friday, noting that the person who died had been hospitalized ...

The first known human infection with the H5N5 strain of bird flu has resulted in a fatal case in the United States, marking a sobering milestone in the global story of avian influenza. Health ...

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 ...

PARIS, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Canada has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N5 avian influenza on a non-commercial backyard layer poultry farm in the eastern part of the country, the World ...

Glasgow, Nov 27 (The Conversation) 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 ...

The Grays Harbor County resident infected with bird flu this month has tested positive for a type of the virus never before detected in humans, state health officials confirmed Friday. The state ...

The first human to have ever been infected with the H5N5 strain of bird flu has died, Washington state health officials confirmed late Friday. The person was an older adult with underlying health ...

NEW YORK — A Washington state resident has bird flu, and it's a different type than what was seen in previous infections, state health officials said Friday. It is the nation’s first human case of ...

A person in the Washington State has died of avian influenza. It’s the first human death from bird flu in the U.S. since January—but the infection was of a different strain than the one that has been ...