There have been reports of bird flu cases throughout the U.S. and one confirmed case in Louisiana. Here's what the CDC says about bird flu infections.

By Naveen Athrappully Contributing Writer Louisiana has detected the state’s “first presumptive positive human case” of bird flu infection and advises citizens to avoid contact with infected ...

The Louisiana patient who contracted what officials said was the nation’s first “severe” case of avian influenza has died, the state health department said Monday.

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NEW YORK — A person in Louisiana has the first severe illness caused by bird flu in the U.S., health officials said Wednesday. The patient had been in contact with sick and dead birds in ...

A southwest Louisiana resident has been hospitalized with the state’s first recorded case of bird flu, or H5N1, a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza the patient contracted after ...

A Louisiana patient who had been hospitalized with the first human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or H5N1, in Louisiana and the U.S. has died, the state's health department reported ...

This Louisiana case of bird flu marks the first instance of severe illness that's linked to the virus within the U.S., said the CDC in a statement. Avian bird flu update; Mutations found in ...

Despite the spread of avian flu in wild bird populations, Louisiana's commercial poultry farms have not been affected by the virus. The USDA is implementing a five-pronged approach, including ...

Avian Flu has been verified in a second southwest Louisiana backyard, according to the La. Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) ...

(The Center Square) − State and federal officials have confirmed a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a backyard flock in Bossier Parish, marking the first case in domestic birds in ...

There have been reports of bird flu cases throughout the U.S. and one confirmed case in Louisiana. Here's what the CDC says about bird flu infections.