A chilling milestone in U.S. public health has been confirmed. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced the nation’s first severe case of avian

The United States has confirmed its first known severe human infection of H5N1 bird flu, in a person in Louisiana believed to have contracted the virus through contact with sick or dead birds in a backyard flock.

Louisiana health officials have confirmed Louisiana’s first patient has been hospitalized with a severe case of the H5N1 Bird Flu.