{"id":28475,"date":"2025-11-22T15:04:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T15:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=28475"},"modified":"2025-11-22T15:04:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T15:04:06","slug":"washington-state-resident-dies-in-first-confirmed-h5n5-bird-flu-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=28475","title":{"rendered":"Washington State resident dies in first confirmed H5N5 bird flu case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>A Washington State resident receiving treatment for H5N5 avian influenza died on Friday, the state&#8217;s health department said, in the first confirmed human case of this variant globally.<\/p>\n<p>The deceased &#8211; of Grays Harbor County &#8211; was an older adult with underlying health conditions, the department said in a statement released late on Friday, adding the person owned a backyard flock of mixed domestic birds.<\/p>\n<p>The department found the avian flu in the flock&#8217;s environment, pointing to domestic poultry or wild birds as the likely source of exposure.<\/p>\n<p>It said that the risk to the general public remains low, and no other individuals involved in the case have tested positive for avian influenza, commonly called bird flu.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Public health officials will continue to monitor anyone who was in close contact with the patient for symptoms,&#8221; the department said, adding: &#8220;There is no evidence of transmission of this virus between people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Those who had exposure to the backyard flock and its environment were also being monitored for potential symptoms, the department said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Washington State resident receiving treatment for H5N5 avian influenza died on Friday, the state&#8217;s health department said, in the first confirmed human case of this variant globally. The deceased &#8211; of Grays Harbor County &#8211; was an older adult with underlying health conditions, the department said in a statement released late on Friday, adding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28475\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}