A patient with the first “ severe case ” of bird flu in the U.S. has died, according to a press release Monday from the ...

The U.S. has been facing an outbreak of bird flu, or avian influenza, since April, when the first human case was reported.

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

The Louisiana Department of Health said on Monday that a U.S. patient hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu had died, the country's ...

The U.S. has recorded its first fatal case of H5N1 bird flu, in a person from Louisiana who contracted the virus from ...

The Louisiana Department of Health reported that a 65-year-old man who was hospitalized with the bird flu (highly pathogenic ...

A patient in Louisiana has died of bird flu. Health authorities considered the case to be the first severe H5N1 infection in ...

The patient contracted the virus after exposure to both backyard poultry and wild birds, Louisiana health officials said.

In December 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the first severe case of bird flu in a human in the U.S ...

The person contracted the bird flu after exposure to a combination of a non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds.

The patient was reportedly over the age of 65 and was said to have suffered from underlying medical conditions.

The CDC called findings about bird flu mutations in a human case “concerning” but says the risk to the general public from the outbreak “remains low.” ...