Another Bird Flu Variant Reaches Humans: What To Know About H5N2—After First-Ever Confirmed Death

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A man in Mexico died after contracting a strain of bird flu—H5N2—that has never been seen in humans before, and is separate from the strain that is ravaging U.S.

WHO said the man had no history of exposure to poultry or other animals and it is not clear where the man may have been exposed to the virus.

 

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