Among 61 people infected with bird flu in the U.S. this year, a Louisiana patient is the first to have "severe" disease Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap messages Get the ...

A Louisiana patient who had been hospitalized with bird flu has died of the disease, the Louisiana Department of Public Health reported Monday.. The patient, the first in the U.S. to die from bird ...

On Wednesday the CDC said that a patient has been hospitalized with a severe case of the avian influenza virus, or the "bird flu," in Louisiana.. This case was confirmed by the CDC on Friday, Dec ...

Jan. 7, 2025 – A person in Louisiana exposed to bird flu by a backyard flock has died. This marks the first U.S. human death linked to H5N1 avian flu, which has increasingly been detected in ...

As of Friday, there were 66 confirmed human cases of bird flu, including the Louisiana case, according to the CDC. Of those, 37 were in California alone, 11 in Washington and 10 in Colorado.

Still, hundreds of ducks killed by hunters in Louisiana have tested positive for bird flu since 2022 when the outbreak began, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

A bird flu death was not unexpected, virus experts said. There have been more than 950 confirmed bird flu infections globally since 2003, and more than 460 of those people died, according to the ...

NEW YORK — A person in Louisiana has the first severe illness caused by bird flu in the U.S., health officials said Wednesday. The patient had been in contact with sick and dead birds in ...

This Louisiana case of bird flu marks the first instance of severe illness that's linked to the virus within the U.S., said the CDC in a statement. Avian bird flu update; ...

An individual in Louisiana has the first severe illness caused by bird flu in the United States, federal health officials said Wednesday. The patient, who is hospitalized in critical condition ...

A U.S. patient who had been hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu has died, the Louisiana Department of Health said on Monday, marking the country's first reported human death from the virus.

Still, hundreds of ducks killed by hunters in Louisiana have tested positive for bird flu since 2022 when the outbreak began, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.