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. Genetic sequences of highly pathogenic avian ...
Federal health officials say that not only has a Louisiana resident contracted the first severe case of bird flu in the U.S., ...
H5N1 usually spreads to people through contact with infected or dead birds, as with the Louisiana patient. Currently, there ...
The Health (LDH) announced on December 13 the detection of the first presumptive positive human case of highly pathogenic ...
A second case of avian influenza, also known as the bird flu, has been detected in a backyard flock in southwest Louisiana.
On Friday, the CDC confirmed a person from Louisiana had avian influenza A virus, H5N1, after they were exposed to sick and dead birds in a backyard flock, according to a CDC press release.
In a case first reported in Louisiana, a patient has now developed the first known case of bird flu so severe as to require ...
Federal health officials have confirmed unsettling new details about the first United States case of severe bird flu, ...
The declaration of a state of emergency in California over avian influenza comes within days of the first severe human case ...