The 75-year-old woman with underlying health conditions developed a high fever, confusion and respiratory distress before being hospitalized.
GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY, Wash. — A Grays Harbor County resident died from complications of H5N5 avian influenza Friday, according to the Washington state Department of Health.
The patient, a 75-year-old woman with underlying health conditions, developed a high fever, confusion and respiratory distress before being hospitalized in early November. It was the first recorded infection of this variant in a person globally, according to the Department of Health (DOH).
DOH says the risk to the public remains low and no other people have tested positive for
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