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.
The only other human case of bird flu in the U.S. occurred in 2022 and may not have caused any illness, with the CDC stating that the "detection may have been the result of contamination of the nasal ...
As the H5N1 bird flu virus continues to rip throughout California's dairy herds and commercial poultry flocks, a Central Valley state official is raising concerns about the lack of wastewater ...
Human MxA protein suppresses mammalian H5N1 virus replication, but emerging mutations may enable partial evasion, raising ...
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First Bird Flu-Related Human Death In US Reported In LouisianaO fficials from the Louisiana Department of Health have announced the death of a patient hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu, the ...
"While the risk to humans remains low, we are always preparing for any possible scenario that could arise," HSS's Xavier ...
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H5N1 bird flu spillover to horses, raises fears of new viral strainsResearchers report the first confirmed cases of H5N1 bird flu in horses, highlighting their role as potential reservoirs for ...
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