Bird Flu Patient in Louisiana Becomes First Human Death in Current H5N1 Outbreak
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 animals. The case, much like the patient in Louisiana, was in a person with other underlying conditions, though it’s not clear what those may have been.
According to the CDC, at least 66 people have been infected with bird flu since last year. Most have had direct contact with ...
The death comes as multiple infectious diseases are surging throughout the US, including the 10th wave of the COVID-19 ...
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H5N1 bird flu spillover to horses, raises fears of new viral strainsResearchers report the first confirmed cases of H5N1 bird flu in horses, highlighting their role as potential reservoirs for ...
Though H5N1 has been circulating nationwide in wild birds, domestic poultry, and mammals since 2022, you may have only been ...
The Central Valley is home to many of California's most vulnerable groups to bird flu: agricultural workers. It's also where ...
The hospitalized teen was also given three antiviral treatments, underscoring how severe H5N1 infection can be ...
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Over 200 snow geese found across Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania are suspected to have been killed by the bird flu, and experts ...
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While cases of bird flu in humans have steadily climbed since last fall, health officials maintain the risk to humans is low ...
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