The H5N1 avian influenza virus has infected birds and mammals around the world. As of June 2025, 70 people have been infected ...

An older person in Louisiana exposed to bird flu from a backyard flock is now hospitalized with a "severe" case of avian influenza, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.

On Wednesday the CDC said that a patient has been hospitalized with a severe case of the avian influenza virus, or the "bird flu," in Louisiana. This case was confirmed by the CDC on Friday ...

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.

The patient in Louisiana was infected with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, which is a virus that can infect both birds and mammals. The virus in this particular patient revealed genetic ...

A patient in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with the first human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI, or bird flu), has died, health officials announced on Monday. The death was ...

A Louisiana patient has died from bird flu. It's the first bird flu death in the US. Public health risk remains low, officials report.

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

Most cases of human bird flu infections are due to contact with infected poultry or surfaces that are contaminated with ...

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