The Louisiana Department of Health said on Monday that a U.S. patient hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu had died, the country's ...

The U.S. has recorded its first fatal case of H5N1 bird flu, in a person from Louisiana who contracted the virus from ...

The Louisiana Department of Health reported that a 65-year-old man who was hospitalized with the bird flu (highly pathogenic ...

A patient in Louisiana has died of bird flu. Health authorities considered the case to be the first severe H5N1 infection in ...

The patient contracted the virus after exposure to both backyard poultry and wild birds, Louisiana health officials said.

In December 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the first severe case of bird flu in a human in the U.S ...

The first person to have a severe case of H5N1 bird flu in the United States has died, according to the Louisiana Department ...

The person contracted the bird flu after exposure to a combination of a non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds.

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

The CDC called findings about bird flu mutations in a human case “concerning” but says the risk to the general public from the outbreak “remains low.” ...

"While the risk to humans remains low, we are always preparing for any possible scenario that could arise," HSS's Xavier ...

Nationally, 17 million birds have been exposed to avian flu, but Kansas health officials said the risk to the general public ...