US EditionMexico reports first human case of H5N1 bird flu
- Mexico reported its first human case of H5N1 bird flu, involving a 3-year-old girl from Durango, according to health officials.
- The girl is in serious condition at a hospital in Torreon, undergoing treatment with anti-flu medication, as stated by the health ministry.
- Experts warn that newer H5N1 strains are becoming better at evading immune responses, indicating a potential increase in human infections.
- Health officials consider the risk to the general population from H5N1 to be low, while the health ministry investigates how the girl contracted it.
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A girl reported to be the first human case of H5N1 avian influenza in Mexico dies
A three-year-old girl infected with H5N1 avian influenza died on Tuesday in the Mexican state of Coahuila (north), health authorities reported. Her case was the first reported in humans in Mexico and until now the only one. The minor died due to a "organic multiple failure", said to journalists Eliud Aguirre, health secretary of that state bordering the United States. The federal health portfolio confirms in a statement that the death occurred i…
Mexico reports first human death from bird flu
The NewsMexico reported its first human death from H5N1 bird flu. A three-year-old girl, the country’s first confirmed case of the virus, died Tuesday. Health officials worldwide are on alert for cases of the virus, which has killed millions of birds worldwide and spread to mammals, raising fears of a human pandemic. In the US, H5N1 has affected dairy herds in 17 states and led to 70 confirmed human cases, including one death. Still, experts cau…
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