Nation’s first ‘severe’ avian flu patient dies in Louisiana
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 the H5N1 strain of highly pathogenic bird flu in southwest Louisiana had been hospitalized since mid-December.
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Alabama Officials Provide Avian Flu Update, Urge Vigilance, Say No Cases Detected | Jan. 7, 2025 | News 19 at 6 p.m.The first known fatal case of avian flu was reported Monday in Louisiana, while California is battling a major outbreak of the virus in its dairy cattle herds.
Farmers are being urged to remain vigilant, especially after the virus was detected in snow geese in the state.
The U.S. has reported a Louisiana woman has died of bird flu — the first death as a result of this virus. This recent ...
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Louisiana has reported the first U.S. fatality from avian influenza. Most of the country’s human cases have been mild ...
The patient in Louisiana was older than 65 and was reported to have had underlying medical conditions, health officials said.
An outbreak of avian flu has led to the death of several swans at a Fife nature reserve. Now, visitors to Birnie and Gaddon ...
No human cases have been reported in New York but the virus was very common among certain wild birds on Long Island in 2022 and 2023.
The increase in cases in the state comes as a Louisiana man with underlying health conditions died from the disease on Monday ...
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