Washington State H5N1/H5N5 in Humans 2025-26

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Governor Bob Ferguson​

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My deepest sympathy to this individual's family. I'm being briefed on this situation, and my team is in close coordination with public health and agriculture officials. Workers at affected farms are advised to take safety precautions, but the risk to the public remains low.
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More information on bird flu is available from the Washington State Department of Health: https://doh.wa.gov/you-and.../illness-and-disease-z/bird-flu

Governor Bob Ferguson

My deepest sympathy to this individual's family. I'm being briefed on this situation, and my team is in close coordination with public health and agriculture officials. Workers at affected farms are...

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Bird Flu Current Situation and Data​

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Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Disease Dashboard - View bird flu case data under Select a Condition, choose "Influenza (avian and other zoonotic)."
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Bird Flu Current Situation and Data

Current Situation There are several strains of bird flu that wild birds carry worldwide. The most widely circulating, or common, strain in the United States today is H5N1. This strain was first detected in the U.S. in wild birds in January 2022. In Washington state, H5N1 was first identified in...

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Washington state resident dies of bird flu after being exposed to infected cattle | What to know

The person who died was exposed to infected cattle, officials said.

ByMary Kekatos ABCNews logo
Tuesday, November 3, 2026 11:02AM
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Public health specialists said the death is a reminder that bird flu is still present and circulating.

"While we haven't heard much about it, maybe in the last year or so, the virus has not gone away because there have been periodic detections of this [bird flu] in dairy cattle," Andrew Pekosz, professor and vice chair of the W. Harry Feinstone department of molecular microbiology and immunology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, told ABC News.

According to Pekosz, "the sequence of the virus" shows that it has remained active.

"It's sort of the same virus that has been around for a couple of years now," he said. "So, this all indicates that the virus continues to spread in dairy cows."
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Washington state resident dies of bird flu after being exposed to infected cattle | What to know

Earlier this week, Washington state health officials reported what is believed to be the first bird flu death of the year. Here's what experts say you need to know.

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