Bird Flu, Louisiana

A patient with the first “ severe case ” of bird flu in the U.S. has died, according to a press release Monday from the ...
The sample taken from the patient in Louisiana showed mutations in the gene responsible with attaching to a host's cells, the CDC said Thursday. The CDC has confirmed a total of 66 human cases ...
The person contracted the bird flu after exposure to a combination of a non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds.
A patient in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with the first human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, has died, health officials said Monday.