America's first human death from bird flu occurred in Louisiana, where an elderly resident succumbed to the H5N1 virus after exposure to infected backyard birds. The Louisiana Department of Health ...
No other people were found to have been sickened by the virus in Louisiana. "CDC has carefully studied the available information about the person who died in Louisiana and continues to assess that the ...
The case in Louisiana is the first human death from bird flu in the U.S. during this current outbreak, but there was a death in Mexico back in May 2024 in a patient with no known exposure to farm ...
The CDC stressed there has been no known transmission of the virus from the Louisiana patient to anyone else. The agency said its findings about the mutations were “concerning,” but the risk to the ...
The Louisiana patient’s death does not change the overall assessment by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the immediate risk to the public’s health from H5N1 bird flu, which remains ...
The first person has died of bird flu in the United States, the Louisiana Department of Health confirmed on Monday. The ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently confirmed the first death in the United States linked to H5N1 ...
The patient was reportedly over the age of 65 and was said to have suffered from underlying medical conditions.
Respiratory illness activity is currently considered "high" in the United States, according to the CDC. In one state, it is ...
In 2023, the 10 leading causes of death remained the same as in 2022. The top leading cause in 2023 was heart disease, ...
Flu activity remains high in Louisiana. That’s the word from state health officials and detailed in the Respiratory Virus ...