Nation’s first ‘severe’ avian flu patient dies in Louisiana
The Louisiana patient who contracted what officials said was the nation’s first “severe” case of avian influenza has died, the state health department said Monday. The person who contracted the H5N1 strain of highly pathogenic bird flu in southwest Louisiana had been hospitalized since mid-December.
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 animals. The case, much like the patient in Louisiana, was in a person with other underlying conditions, though it’s not clear what those may have been.
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The U.S. has reported a Louisiana woman has died of bird flu — the first death as a result of this virus. This recent ...
The CDC says the risk of bird flu to the general public is low, but public health experts say they are worried the virus could mutate and become more transmissible.
First US death from H5N1 avian influenza confirmed by Louisiana Department of Health in an individual with pre-existing ...
No human cases have been reported in New York but the virus was very common among certain wild birds on Long Island in 2022 and 2023.
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This comes after the department announced in November 2024 that the Tennessee State Veterinarian believed the bird flu was ...
A man in Louisiana died from the avian flu. Now, experts are saying you should take some precautions. A bulldozer was seen ...
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