The Louisiana patient was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu in the first death in the U.S. caused by the H5N1 virus ...

A person in Louisiana who was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu has died. The hospitalization, first announced Dec. 13, marked the first severe case of H5N1 bird flu in the United States.

A spokesperson for the New Orleans Health Department confirmed this Thursday. It’s the first confirmed case of the H5N1 ...

However, a patient recently made headlines in Louisiana ... H5N1 more opportunities to adapt. As a study found earlier in December, it will only take one single mutation to make bird flu much ...

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 ...

Public health officials are sounding the alarm after bird flu mutations ... virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the country's first severe cases of H5N1. The agency said ...

"CDC is saddened by Louisiana’s report that a person previously hospitalized with severe avian influenza A(H5N1) illness ("H5N1 bird flu") has passed away," the agency said in a statement.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today released an advisory recommending clinicians expedite subtyping of type ...

Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that hospitals speed up testing people who are ...

"The Chinese poultry lineage may have experienced more vaccine-driven selection compared to other lineages," the researchers ...

Since early 2024, the U.S. has logged 66 human cases of H5N1. Scientists are keeping a watchful eye on the virus’s spread as we enter a new year.

told Salon H5N1 and other avian influenza viruses are a type A influenza virus. "We do need subtype confirmation to make sure it's ‘H5,’ and sub-type testing is not widely accessible." ...