The Louisiana patient was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu in the first death in the U.S. caused by the H5N1 virus ...

the Louisiana Department of Public Health reported Monday. The patient, the first in the U.S. to die from bird flu, also known as H5N1, was over 65 and reported to have underlying medical conditions.

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The first case of bird flu was confirmed in New Orleans last week after the H5N1 virus was detected in a house cat on Jan. 14, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.  The ...

A Louisiana patient has died from bird flu. It's the first bird flu death in the US. Public health risk remains low, officials report.

A spokesperson for the New Orleans Health Department confirmed this Thursday. It’s the first confirmed case of the H5N1 ...

The first person to have a severe case of H5N1 bird flu in the United States has died, according to the Louisiana Department of Health. This is the first human death from bird flu in the US.

H5N1 avian influenza continues to spread amid commercial and backyard poultry, and additional cases have been reported in ...

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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This colorized electron microscope image released by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on March 26, ...

The patient was reportedly over the age of 65 and was said to have suffered from underlying medical conditions.