Bird flu leads to severe human illness and state of emergency; experts discuss risk
The CDC has confirmed the country’s first severe case of bird flu in a human, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a ...
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CDC reports potentially troublesome mutations in bird flu found in Louisiana patient
Genetic samples from the patient contained mutations that could, in theory, help the virus better infect human cells.
America’s first severe case of bird flu confirmed in Louisiana
A patient in Louisiana has been hospitalized with a severe case of H5N1 bird flu, the US Centers for Disease Control and ...
CDC confirms first severe human case of bird flu in U.S.
A resident of southwestern Louisiana has been hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu linked to a backyard flock.
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What is bird flu, and how did it get to a Louisiana patient? Here's how it spreads to humans.
H5N1 usually spreads to people through contact with infected or dead birds, as with the Louisiana patient. Currently, there ...
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Louisiana State Police delivers gifts to SWLA hospitals
To make sure everyone was in the Christmas spirit, Louisiana State Police delivered gifts to five Southwest ... “We just like to show people we’re human. We’re just not out there giving tickets.” ...
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Bird flu detected in southwest Louisiana backyard flock following state's first presumptive positive human case
The Health (LDH) announced on December 13 the detection of the first presumptive positive human case of highly pathogenic ...
US suffers first severe human case of bird flu; California declares emergency
The U.S. reported its first severe human case of bird flu on Wednesday in a Louisiana resident who is hospitalized in ...
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Louisiana patient hospitalized with first severe case of bird flu in the US
State health officials said an individual in Louisiana is the first to be hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu, and ...
Where have human cases of bird flu been reported in the US?
A person was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu in Louisiana, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...
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First severe case of bird flu in a human in the U.S. reported in Louisiana
The unidentified patient is believed to have been infected through sick or dead birds not part of a commercial poultry flock.