There is still a danger, however: a person in Louisiana recently became the first person in the country to die from H5N1.

H5N1 - has led to the first known casualty. While there is no known cure, the CDC does recommend methods to protect yourself.

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 ...

A person in Louisiana who was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu has died.

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 ...

A Louisiana patient is the first person in the United States to die as a result of H5N1 infection. One expert likens what ...

But, fatalities are not uncommon with H5N1 infections overall. According to data collected by the WHO, there have been 954 documented cases between 2003 and 2024. Of those, 464 were fatal, leading to ...

The patient was infected after contact with domestic and wild birds, specifically a non-commercial backyard flock and wild ...

Louisiana has reported the first U.S. fatality from avian influenza. Most of the country’s human cases have been mild ...

A person hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu has died, marking the first fatality linked to the currently circulating infection in the US. Human-to-human spread has not been detected, so what's the real ...

The risk to the general population from H5N1 bird flu remains low, a World Health Organization spokesperson said on Tuesday, ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) maintains that the virus that sickened the Louisiana patient matched a ...