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 ...

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 CDC reportedly found potentially troublesome bird flu mutations in Louisiana patient. This Louisiana case of bird flu marks the first instance of severe illness that's linked to the virus ...

The CDC stressed there has been no known transmission of the virus from the Louisiana patient to anyone else. The agency said its findings about the mutations were “concerning,” but the risk to the ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently confirmed the first death in the United States linked to H5N1 ...

The first person has died of bird flu in the United States, the Louisiana Department of Health confirmed on Monday. The ...

Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky and New Hampshire, according to the CDC. The CDC calculates its activity levels (minimal, low, moderate, high, very high) with a baseline of the ...

The CDC on Thursday urged labs nationwide to determine within 24 hours of admission whether people hospitalized with the flu ...

There are currently 67 confirmed human cases of bird nationally, including one death in an elderly person in Louisiana, CDC data shows. Human cases of bird flu are first identified by state health ...

A Louisiana patient has become the first to die of bird flu in the US. According to AP News, state health officials announced ...