Is bird flu the next pandemic? What to know after the first H5N1 death in the US
With reports of the first human death from bird flu in the US, some Americans are feeling an uncomfortable flashback to the early days of Covid-19, when infectious disease experts were talking about a new virus that was sending people to the hospital with respiratory infections.
Bird Flu Risk Remains Low, Despite First Reported Death
The bird flu, also known as avian influenza and H5N1, was implicated in the first human death from the infectious disease on January 6. But still, no human-to-human transmission has been reported.
Bird flu causes first casualty. Should we worry about an H5N1 outbreak here?
H5N1 - has led to the first known casualty. While there is no known cure, the CDC does recommend methods to protect yourself.
First US death from H5N1 avian flu sparks serious concerns
A 65-year-old man has died in Louisiana, marking the first fatal case of H5N1 avian flu in the USA. Scientists warn that the virus is "quite dangerous." Louisiana has reported this first fatal case. The man,
Louisiana health officials report first fatal case of H5N1 bird flu in the US. Here's the latest update
A Louisiana patient who had been hospitalized with the first human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or H5N1, in Louisiana and the U.S. has died, the state's health department reported Monday. This marks the first human death related to bird flu in the U.S.
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.
Bird flu will be the next pandemic unless health officials take 6 critical steps, experts say
In its announcement this week of the first human death from bird flu in the United States, health officials in Louisiana were quick to note that the patient was over age 65 and “reported to have underlying medical conditions.
Philippines reports outbreak of H5N2 bird flu among backyard ducks
The Philippines reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N2 bird flu among backyard ducks, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Thursday. The virus was detected in 15 out of 428 backyard ducks in the Camarines Norte province,
Does the First U.S. Death Mean Bird Flu Is Getting More Dangerous?
Any time a person catches H5N1, or bird flu, their infection is a chance for the virus to mutate in the wrong direction. When someone dies from the bird flu—as an elderly Louisiana man did on Jan. 6,
What health experts believe will happen with bird flu in 2025
The CDC says the risk of bird flu to the general public is low, but public health experts say they are worried the virus could mutate and become more transmissible.
Answering viewer questions: What to know about bird flu
Read more Bird flu has been spreading into Texas, and Texas Parks and Wildlife Division (TPWD) said it recently found cases in Travis, Wharton, Galveston, El Paso, Potter and Harris counties.
11 Oakland Co. residents monitored after flock infected with H5N1 bird flu; 2 people sick
Last month, state health officials detected bird flu in a backyard flock in Jackson County, plus two commercial poultry ...
B.C. teen with avian flu discharged after weeks in hospital
B.C. Children’s Hospital says a 13-year-old girl with avian flu was discharged Tuesday after weeks in hospital. The patient ...
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Officials assess threat of H5N1 avian flu
Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza A virus (HPAI H5N1) remains a low risk to the general public, and public health experts in the United States believe that available treatments and vaccines, as ...
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, ...
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H5N1 killed 4 big cats in Nagpur zoo. Why this bird flu spillover in mammals is a big red flag
Three tigers and a leopard had died at the Balasaheb Thackeray Gorewada Zoological Park late December. That they succumbed to ...
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California Issues New Ban on Dairy Cattle and Poultry Shows in Response to H5N1 Bird Flu
California State Veterinarian Dr. Annette Jones has issued a statewide ban on dairy cattle and poultry exhibitions to combat ...
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Bird flu has reached Austin's wildlife. Here's what you need to know.
One U.S. person, a Louisiana resident, has died after contracting bird flu since the beginning of 2024. There have been ...