11 people in Oakland County had contact with H5N1-infected backyard flock, 2 are now sick
Two people are sick in Oakland County and nine others are being monitored after they had contact with H5N1 bird flu from an ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
Why Infectious Disease Experts Are Concerned Over the First Bird Flu Death in the U.S.
The U.S. has experienced its first death from bird flu (H5N1). The death happened in a Louisiana patient who contracted H5N1 after being exposed to a combination of a non-commercial backyard flock and ...
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 ...
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 ...
First U.S. bird flu death reported in Louisiana patient, officials say
The patient, who was older than 65 and had underlying medical conditions, was hospitalized weeks ago in critical condition with severe respiratory illness.
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Why are Senate Republicans rushing confirmation of Trump nominee Doug Burgum?
U.S. Senate Democrats raised concerns Wednesday that Republicans have scheduled a hearing for one of President-elect Donald ...
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Editorial: Bird flu death puts La. health officials’ vaccine perfidy in stark relief
We don’t have answers for all the deadly infectious diseases in the world, a fact made painfully clear Monday as Louisiana ...
Texas officials say dead birds found in early January tested positive for bird flu
Texas officials on Wednesday confirmed several dead birds that were discovered earlier this month near Austin tested positive ...
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.