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Louisiana health officials confirm human case of bird flu: What to know
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The Louisiana Department of Health has reported the first human case of bird flu (H5N1) in a person in the state. A person from southwestern Louisiana is ...
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Louisiana reports its first human case of avian flu
Only 60 confirmed human cases of H5N1 have been reported across the U.S. in 2024, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Louisiana is the eighth state to report a human case ...
Op-Ed: State government should take steps to protect citizens from terror
Louisiana, our life-long home, reels from a terrorist attack that murdered at least 15 innocent people, injured several dozen ...
Bird flu jumps from birds to human in Louisiana; patient hospitalized
A person in Louisiana is hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu after having contact with sick and dying birds suspected of carrying the virus, state health officials announced Friday.
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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 ...
Bird flu virus in Louisiana patient likely mutated to be more transmissible, CDC says
A genetic analysis of viral samples from a patient in Louisiana hospitalized with the first severe case of bird flu showed ...