Should we be worried about the first human case of the H5N2 strain of bird flu? H5N2, confirmed in a man in Mexico who died, is different from the bird flu virus affecting cows in the U.S.

Even as the United States grapples with an outbreak of H5N1 flu in dairy cattle, the World Health Organization has announced the first known human infection with a different strain, H5N2, in a ...

A 59-year-old Mexican national has reportedly died from the first lab-confirmed human case of A(H5N2) bird flu, the World Health Organization confirmed Wednesday.

The infection, the world’s first laboratory-confirmed human case of the H5N2 bird flu variant, comes as the United States battles outbreaks of a different avian influenza strain, H5N1, among ...

The unidentified 59-year-old victim died April 24 after developing a fever, shortness of breath, diarrhea and nausea, among other symptoms of the A(H5N2) subtype.

An H5N2 outbreak hit a flock of 7,000 chickens in south-central Texas in 2004, the first time in two decades a dangerous-to-poultry avian flu appeared in the U.S.

Man in Mexico dies in first known human case of H5N2 bird flu variant. The 59-year-old had no known exposure to poultry or other animals, the World Health Organization said.

A stock photo shows a test tube with a bird flu strain. A variant of the flu, H5N2, has killed a man in Mexico. SyhinStas/Getty "The risk to members of the general public who do not have exposure ...

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Mexican man dies from first human infection of H5N2 bird flu. WHO says current risk of transmission among general population is low. Shweta Sharma. Thursday 06 June 2024 09:43 BST. Comments.