(KALB) - Louisiana health officials have ... according to the CDC. This is the country’s first case of H5N1 linked to exposure to a backyard flock. Rebecca Christofferson is an associate ...

The Louisiana patient was hospitalized ... hoping [the] virus would burn out and it didn’t.” The CDC has confirmed 65 cases of H5N1 bird flu in humans in 2024. Most of the cases were caused ...

The Louisiana Department of Health confirmed ... While this death marks a significant milestone in H5N1's presence in North America, the CDC emphasizes there's no evidence of human-to-human ...

The CDC continues to assess the risk to the general ... This patient remains the only human case of H5N1 in Louisiana," stated the Louisiana Department of Health, according to Mirror.

A Louisiana resident is the first person in the United States to suffer a severe illness caused by H5N1 bird flu, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Wednesday.

From egg prices to pet food recalls – and now, confirmation that another strain of bird flu has infected a large commercial ...