A Washington state resident tested positive against bird flu. This is the first one cases of human-to-human transmission in America since last February. The patient, an elderly man with pathology previouslyhospitalized in serious condition. Health authorities have confirmed that it is H5N5 strain: although found in animals and some bird populations in North Americathis would be the first case of human transmission, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Washington State Department of Health. The case, according to US media reports, concerns a resident of the region gray Harbor. There is currently no indicated risk to the population or public health. The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) confirmed this in an official note. The man was hospitalized early November with high fever, confusion and respiratory problems. According to the Washington State Department of Health, his condition is serious and treatment continues at a King County hospital. The patient has a small farm domesticated birds, exposure to wild birds. This case occurred after nine months of no human infections in the United States. The H5N1 virus is widespread in poultry and cattle farms in the US and has infected approximately 70 people in 2024, causing death and caused experts to fear a potential pandemic if a mutation occurs.
Spain, banned outdoor breeding to curb transmission
To stop the spread of bird fever in Spanishfrom November 10 on poultry farms there will be a ban on outdoor farming poultry. The act provides for agricultural “confinement” in some 1,200 high-risk cities. The decision was taken after more than 2 million specimens were sacrificed due to the health emergency. The ban was ordered by Ministry of Agriculture to avoid contact between wild species and livestock. In particular, stricter control measures relate to water intended for animals, which must be treated to prevent the risk of contamination. “This was a necessary coordination decision in response to the associated increased risks fever poultry“, the Spanish Minister of Agriculture told the media, Luis Planasnoting that “the arrival of migratory birds and the presence of outbreaks in Europe are factors that require stricter control”. “We must avoid contact between wild birds and livestock,” concluded Planas.
This virus is also spreading in Germany
All agricultural land was also destroyed thousand specimens bird crane falls from the sky: Berlin also has to deal with bird flu. Highly contagious subtype H5N1 affecting migratory birds and livestock poultry in Germany. In late October, the most serious outbreak was reported in 2017 Brandenburgnear Linum, where storks stop during their migration across the European skies. The images show a number of dead birds, while the Brandenburg Environment Ministry speaks of an epidemic “on an unprecedented scale” in this species. Not only that wild birds. Since October, authorities have implemented a mass culling of poultry and turkey farms. In Baden-Württemberg alone, 15 thousand birds were destroyed; in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district and in Märkisch-Oderland, more than 9 thousand animals including turkeys and ducks were killed. In Mecklenburg-Pomerania, the most drastic intervention: 148 thousand chickens were killed. According to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), a total of 183 detections of the HPAI A(H5) virus in domestic and wild poultry were reported between 7 June and 5 September 2025, spread across the region. 15 countries in Europe. Although most cases have been detected in western and southwestern Europe, there have also been reports on the northern coast of Norway.
