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.
The patient was infected after contact with domestic and wild birds, specifically a non-commercial backyard flock and wild ...
The health department said no additional cases of bird flu or any evidence of person-to-person transmission has been ...
The first patient hospitalized with avian influenza in the United States has died in Louisiana, the state's department of ...
A U.S. patient who had been hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu has died, the Louisiana Department of Health said on Monday, ...
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