The Louisiana Department of Health has reported that an elderly patient who had been hospitalized with the first human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), or H5N1, in the U.S. has died.

The patient, who had underlying medical conditions, was exposed to the virus through a backyard flock and wild birds. As Iowa records its first H5N1 case in a domestic flock this year, officials warn ...

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

Since 2024, the U.S. has documented 66 human H5N1 cases, most of which were mild. However, a new genotype carried by migrating wild birds has caused severe infections, including one in Louisiana and ...

The H5N1 bird flu has been reported to have caused the death of a patient in Louisiana. Such a case poses a significant ...

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 ...

A patient who had been hospitalized with bird flu has died of the disease, the Louisiana Department of Public Health reported Monday.

The only other human case of bird flu in the U.S. occurred in 2022 and may not have caused any illness, with the CDC stating that the "detection may have been the result of contamination of the nasal ...

O fficials from the Louisiana Department of Health have announced the death of a patient hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu, the ...

The Louisiana Department of Health has confirmed the death of the first person to contract a severe case of H5N1 bird flu in ...

Health officials in Louisiana say a person there has died after catching bird flu. This marks the first reported death in the ...

The dead victim apparently contracted the disease directly from birds as authorities said there was no evidence of ...