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 ...

The patient, who was older than 65 and had underlying medical conditions, was hospitalized weeks ago in critical condition ...

A patient over 65 years old in Louisiana ... H5N1 virus could increase its ability to infect humans more effectively, posing a major public health threat, and the CDC has warned that the avian ...

"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 first person to have a severe case of H5N1 bird flu in the United States has died, according to the Louisiana Department of Health. This is the first human death from bird flu in the US.

While the H5N1 bird flu keep spreading, the first reported H5N9 outbreak in the United States has been identified on a duck ...

Louisiana reported the first H5 bird flu death in the ... H5 flu is one of the many subtypes of influenza A viruses, which ...

The H5N9 strain of avian influenza is much more rare than the H5N1 which has been responsible for most of the reported human ...

Here's what you need to know about the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, and what bird flu might mean to you, your ...

Though person-to-person spread hasn’t yet been detected, H5N1 has infected 67 people in 10 states, including a death in ...