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1st U.S. Death From Bird Flu Reported in Louisiana

1st bird flu death in the US reported in Louisiana

The first person has died of bird flu in the United States, the Louisiana Department of Health confirmed on Monday. The patient, who was exposed to non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds, was over age 65 and had underlying medical conditions, officials said.

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First US bird flu death is announced in Louisiana

The first U.S. bird flu death has been reported. Louisiana health officials announced the death Monday of a person who had been hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms.

Brownfield Ag News · 3d

First human H5N1 death reported in Louisiana

The Louisiana Department of Health says the first ever severe human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza patient has died. According to LDH, the individual had exposure to the virus from sick and dead birds within backyard flocks.

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Nation’s first ‘severe’ avian flu patient dies in Louisiana

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

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First Fatal Avian Flu Case in U.S. Claims Life in Louisiana, Elderly Patient Falls Prey to H5N1 Strain

First US death from H5N1 avian influenza confirmed by Louisiana Department of Health in an individual with pre-existing ...

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First death linked to avian flu in the United States

The death comes at a time when the H5N1 virus has recently undergone an unusual mutation that is causing concern to the World ...

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Bird flu patient dies in Louisiana; was exposed to poultry, wild birds

A person in Louisiana who contracted a severe case of avian influenza last month died Monday, marking the first case of a ...

No need to provide an avian flu vaccine for humans yet, expert says

An infectious disease expert says the relatively mild cases of avian influenza detected so far among dairy workers don’t ...

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What Michigan is doing to limit the spread of avian influenza

Backyard chicken enthusiasts are keeping an eye on alerts from the state’s health and agricultural departments after a person ...

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Bird Flu Is a National Embarrassment

The experiment of whether H5 can ever be successful in human populations is happening before our eyes,” Seema Lakdawala, a flu virologist at Emory University, told me. “And we are doing nothing to ...

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