A patient in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with the first human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, has died, health officials said Monday.

The first U.S. bird flu death has been reported — a person in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with severe respiratory ...

The Louisiana Department of Health reported that a 65-year-old man who was hospitalized with the bird flu (highly pathogenic ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first reported an adult in Louisiana was confirmed to have the country’s first severe case of bird flu on Dec. 18.

A patient with the first “ severe case ” of bird flu in the U.S. has died, according to a press release Monday from the ...

A patient in Louisiana has died of bird flu. Health authorities considered the case to be the first severe H5N1 infection in ...

The person contracted the bird flu after exposure to a combination of a non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds.

The patient was reportedly over the age of 65 and was said to have suffered from underlying medical conditions.

The Louisiana Department of Health said on Monday that a U.S. patient hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu had died, the country's ...

The CDC called findings about bird flu mutations in a human case “concerning” but says the risk to the general public from the outbreak “remains low.” ...

A man in Louisiana has become the first person ever to die of H5N1 bird flu in the United States. The patient, a 65-year-old ...

"While the risk to humans remains low, we are always preparing for any possible scenario that could arise," HSS's Xavier ...