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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.
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.
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 ...
A new paper from a team of Cornell University researchers shows that the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus causes ...
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 ...
Avian Flu has been verified in a second southwest Louisiana backyard, according to the La. Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) ...
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 ...
H5N1 virus in Louisiana bird flu patient shows mutations that could increase transmissibility to humans, CDC analysis finds Subscribers are entitled to 10 gift sharing articles each month.
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 ...
A person in Louisiana has been hospitalized with a possible case of human bird flu (H5N1), officials say. The presumptive positive case of highly pathogenic avian influenza, detected in a resident ...
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.
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 ...