{"id":9160,"date":"2025-04-08T19:03:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T00:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=9160"},"modified":"2025-04-08T19:03:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T00:03:20","slug":"mexico-confirms-countrys-first-human-death-from-h5n1-bird-flu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2025\/04\/08\/mexico-confirms-countrys-first-human-death-from-h5n1-bird-flu\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico confirms country&#8217;s first human death from H5N1 bird flu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/Mexico confirms country's first human death from H5N1 bird flu\">CBS News<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 3-year-old girl in western Mexico has died after contracting&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/bird-flu\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"bird flu, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bird flu<\/a>&nbsp;in the country&#8217;s first confirmed human case of the virus, Mexican health authorities said Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mexico&#8217;s Health Ministry said in a statement that the girl died at 1:35 a.m. local time due to respiratory complications resulting from the infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Type A H5N1 influenza has been spreading through animals and some people in the United States. Bird flu has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/bird-flu-2025-symptoms-eggs-humans\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"been detected, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">been detected<\/a>&nbsp;in a variety of bird populations since January 2022, and in March of last year, it was found in dairy cows for the first time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There have been 70 cases in confirmed in people in the U.S. during the past year, according to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/bird-flu\/situation-summary\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>. Researchers and studies suggest that&#8217;s likely an undercount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Louisiana resident&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/bird-flu-h5n1-death-first-us-louisiana\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"died earlier this year, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">died earlier this year<\/a>&nbsp;after being hospitalized with bird flu. The patient was over 65 years old and was reported to have &#8220;underlying medical conditions.&#8221; The patient developed bird flu after being exposed to wild birds and a personal backyard poultry flock that was infected with the virus, according to the health department. No other people in Louisiana were found to have been sickened by the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexico-h5n1-bird-flu-first-human-death\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CBS News A 3-year-old girl in western Mexico has died after contracting&nbsp;bird flu&nbsp;in the country&#8217;s first confirmed human case of the virus, Mexican health authorities said Tuesday. Mexico&#8217;s Health Ministry said in a statement that the girl died at 1:35 a.m. local time due to respiratory complications resulting from the infection. 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