Re:First Human Victim of H5N5
by hulitu on Sunday November 23, 2025 @08:38AM
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> The deceased was an older adult with underlying health conditions, according to the DOH.
> The deceased had a backyard flock of mixed domestic birds, and the Department of Health's sampling found avian influenza virus in the flock's environment, according to DOH.
> This suggests that exposure to domestic poultry, their environment, or wild birds was the most likely source of the infection, health officials said.
> The deceased had a backyard flock of mixed domestic birds, and the Department of Health's sampling found avian influenza virus in the flock's environment, according to DOH.
> This suggests that exposure to domestic poultry, their environment, or wild birds was the most likely source of the infection, health officials said.
Analysis is hard.