Health & bio

H5N1 case in Bangladesh child; U.S. vigilant

WHO Q1 2026 report logged 13 zoonotic flu human infections including one Bangladesh child H5N1 death (unreported earlier). U.S. dairy and poultry worker exposures remain sporadic; no sustained human-to-human spread. CDC rates public risk 'low'.

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