The older adult had underlying health conditions and was being treated for the bird flu strain H5N5 after becoming the first known human infected by it, according to a statement issued by the Washington State Department of Health. The person who died had kept poultry (Image: Getty)

An individual in the United States is thought to be the first human fatality from a rare variant of bird flu. The elderly patient, who had pre-existing health conditions , was undergoing treatment for the H5N5 strain of bird flu, having been identified as the first known human case, as per a statement from the Washington State Department of Health.

US health authorities have reassured that the risk to the general public remains minimal. They disclosed that the deceased individual hailed from Gray

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