Bird Flu, Louisiana

A patient with the first “ severe case ” of bird flu in the U.S. has died, according to a press release Monday from the ...
A U.S. patient was the first to die from the H5N1 bird flu in Louisiana. 70 people contracted the virus since April, mostly ...
The sample taken from the patient in Louisiana showed mutations in the gene responsible with attaching to a host's cells, the CDC said Thursday. The CDC has confirmed a total of 66 human cases ...
The person contracted the bird flu after exposure to a combination of a non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds.
A patient in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with the first human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, has died, health officials said Monday.