First human bird flu death in U.S. reported by health officials
The patient had been hospitalized with the first human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), or H5N1, in Louisiana.
Does the First U.S. Death Mean Bird Flu Is Getting More Dangerous?
Any time a person catches H5N1, or bird flu, their infection is a chance for the virus to mutate in the wrong direction. When ...
Bird flu will be the next pandemic unless health officials take 6 critical steps, experts say
In its announcement this week of the first human death from bird flu in the United States, health officials in Louisiana were ...
Why Infectious Disease Experts Are Concerned Over the First Bird Flu Death in the U.S.
The U.S. has experienced its first death from bird flu (H5N1). The death happened in a Louisiana patient who contracted H5N1 after being exposed to a combination of a non-commercial backyard flock and ...
What Illinois residents should know, following the first US death from bird virus
Bird flu is increasingly sparking concern across the country and in Illinois, following news this week of the first human ...
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Editorial: Bird flu death puts La. health officials’ vaccine perfidy in stark relief
We don’t have answers for all the deadly infectious diseases in the world, a fact made painfully clear Monday as Louisiana ...
Bird flu: Here’s what Illinois residents should know, following the first US death from the virus
Bird flu is increasingly sparking concern across the country and in Illinois, following news this week of the first human ...
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Bird Flu Spreads Across U.S., But Tompkins County Remains Unaffected
The first human death from bird flu in the United States was recently reported in Louisiana, sparking nationwide concern as ...
Texas officials say dead birds found in early January tested positive for bird flu
Texas officials on Wednesday confirmed several dead birds that were discovered earlier this month near Austin tested positive for bird flu.
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First US bird flu death is announced in Louisiana. Here’s how you can stay protected
Louisiana state health officials announced the death on Monday, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed it was the nation's first due to bird flu.
Bird flu in N.C. poultry and recent U.S. death spark fears of human transmission
After the first reported human death from bird flu was reported earlier this week, many residents said they are growing concerned the virus will continue mutating.