First U.S. bird flu death reported in Louisiana after severe case of H5N1
A Louisiana resident has died after being hospitalized with bird flu, the state's health department announced Monday, marking the first U.S. death from the H5N1 virus. "The patient was over the age of ...
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Louisiana resident is first American to die from H5N1 after contact with infected birds, CDC confirms
America's first human death from bird flu occurred in Louisiana, where an elderly resident succumbed to the H5N1 virus after exposure to infected backyard birds. The Louisiana Department of Health ...
Patient with first human case of bird flu in Louisiana, U.S. dies, health department reports
A patient who was hospitalized with the first human case of pathogenic avian influenza, or H5N1, in Louisiana and the United ...
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Louisiana health officials report first fatal case of H5N1 bird flu in the US. Here's the latest update
A Louisiana patient who had been hospitalized with the first human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or H5N1, in Louisiana and the U.S. has died, the state's health department reported ...
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H5N1: How worried should we be?
H5N1 remains a major threat to poultry and wild bird populations, leading to large-scale culling of domestic fowl in many ...
Bird Flu Patient in Louisiana Becomes First Human Death in Current H5N1 Outbreak
The case in Louisiana is the first human death from bird flu in the U.S. during this current outbreak, but there was a death in Mexico back in May 2024 in a patient with no known exposure to farm ...
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Bird flu patient had virus mutations, sparking concern about human spread
"It is somewhat concerning that the H5N1 bird flu virus found in the Louisiana patient showed a mutation that allowed it to enter the upper airways more easily in this patient, but this mutation ...
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Will bird flu lead to another pandemic in the US? Concerns grow as first US patient dies
A patient who'd been hospitalized in Louisiana with severe illness from H5N1 bird flu has died — the first human death from this type of avian influenza in the U.S., the Louisiana Department of ...
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Public should take H5N1 precautions despite low risk
Cases of the H5N1 avian flu have been spreading in animals, with the first human death recently reported. The 65-year-old man ...
B.C. doctor reflects on treating teen with H5N1 for 2 months
Researchers are comparing the genetic features of the B.C. patient's avian flu strain with that of a Louisiana patient who ...
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First U.S. bird flu death reported in Louisiana after severe case of H5N1
A Louisiana resident has died after being hospitalized with bird flu, the state's health department announced Monday, marking the first U.S. death from the H5N1 virus. "The patient was over the ...