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.

First US death from H5N1 avian influenza confirmed by Louisiana Department of Health in an individual with pre-existing conditions.

Louisiana health officials have confirmed the first U.S. death linked to highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1). The patient, a man over 65 years old with underlying medical conditions, passed away after being hospitalized with the virus.

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The first patient hospitalized with avian influenza in the United States has died in Louisiana, the state's department of health announced Monday.

On Jan. 6, the Louisiana Department of Health reported that a local man who was hospitalized with the bird flu (highly pathogenic avian influenza, HPAI) died. The patient was 65 years old and had underlying medical conditions. The health department said ...

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The first person infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) has died in the United States.The Louisiana Department of Health says a patient who

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 ...

For the first time, birds in a Wayne County backyard flock have been sickened by the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus, MDARD reported.