Health officials said Monday that a patient in Louisiana with a severe case of bird flu has died, the first reported human death from the disease in the U.S.

There is still a danger, however: a person in Louisiana recently became the first person in the country to die from H5N1. Louisiana health officials said the patient was over the age of 65 and had underlying medical conditions. They contracted bird flu after exposure to a personal backyard flock and also wild birds.