The first U.S. patient hospitalized for H5N1 bird flu has died, according to the Louisiana Department of Health. The patient was over 65 with pre-existing conditions. While the general public's risk ...

sickens 917 dairy herds A US patient who had been hospitalised with H5N1 bird flu has died, the Louisiana Department of Health said on Monday, marking the country's first reported human death from the ...

A resident of southwestern Louisiana is currently hospitalized after being found with the first presumptive positive human case of pathogenic avian influenza, or H5N1, better known as Bird Flu.

This is Louisiana’s first confirmed case of avian flu within “domestic” birds, as no cases from commercial poultry operations in the state have been reported. It comes three days after the state’s ...

A genetic analysis of samples from the patient in Louisiana recently hospitalized with the country's first severe case of H5N1 bird flu show the virus likely mutated in the patient to become ...

(TNND) — The first person in the United States has died of bird flu (H5N1), according to the Louisiana Department of Health. The individual, who was over the age of 65 and reportedly had ...

Emma Herrock, communications director for the Louisiana Department of Health, told States Newsroom in an email Wednesday the “patient is experiencing severe respiratory illness related to H5N1 ...

Opens in a new tab or window The U.S. has reported its first severe case of H5N1 bird flu requiring hospitalization, the CDC announced. The patient, in Louisiana, had exposure to sick and dead ...