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Bird flu: Washington state resident dies after exposure to infected cattle | STAT (opens in a new tab)

statnews.com · 2026-11-02

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Claim 1 of 3Not checkedA person in Washington state has died from complications of bird flu, the first such U.S. death in a year.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 2 of 3Not checkedThe Yakima County resident had previous health conditions, was exposed to avian influenza at a dairy with infected cattle, and had been hospitalized before dying Sunday.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 3 of 3Not checkedThe story says two other U.S. bird flu deaths have been tied to the virus since it became a national public health concern in 2024, including an elderly person in Louisiana with H5N1 and a Washington state death in November 2025 from H5N5.View evidenceHide evidence

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Quantifying H5N1 Avian Influenza Spillover Risk from Dairy Cattle to Humans: A Stochastic Two-Host Sir Model Incorporating Connectance

2025 IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference (URTC) · 2025 · Crossref

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