A person in Washington state has died from complications of bird flu, according to ABC News. The outlet's summary of the report says the death marks the "first such U.S. death in a year."

The ABC News headline ties the death to exposure to infected cattle. The summary does not describe how that exposure happened, where in Washington state the person lived, or how old the person was.

The summary also does not say when the death occurred or describe the course of the illness that led to it. It names bird flu as the cause of death through complications, and no further medical detail is included in the material reviewed for this story.

Because this account rests only on the ABC News headline and summary, it contains no comment from state or federal health officials, and none is attributed here. The full ABC News report may contain more detail than the summary reviewed for this story.

The summary's comparison does not identify any earlier case by name or describe it. The phrase about the first such death in a year is ABC News's own characterization of the case, and it is the only background the summary provides.

Every fact in this story comes from the ABC News headline and summary, and no other outlet's reporting was reviewed for it.

Sources: ABC News: Washington state resident dies from bird flu following exposure to infected cattle.