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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

the H5N1 bird flu outbreak has wreaked havoc in the American egg industry and heightened concerns about a new pandemic. Although the CDC said the Louisiana case is "concerning," the agency ...

"It is somewhat concerning that the H5N1 bird flu virus found in the Louisiana patient showed a mutation that allowed it to enter the upper airways more easily in this patient, but this mutation ...

So far, the Louisiana patient is the only person known to have died from H5N1 bird flu in the U.S. This was the first death due to the virus in the country, and the second human death from avian ...

A patient who'd been hospitalized in Louisiana with severe illness from H5N1 bird flu has died — the first human death from this type of avian influenza in the U.S., the Louisiana Department of ...

As more cases of bird flu emerge across the country, public health leaders in New York City are watching warily -- and making ...

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.