A genetic analysis suggested the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the nation's first severe case of the illness, the CDC said this week. Scientists believe the ...

America's first human death from bird flu occurred in Louisiana, where an elderly resident succumbed to the H5N1 virus after exposure to infected backyard birds. The Louisiana Department of Health ...

No other people were found to have been sickened by the virus in Louisiana. "CDC has carefully studied the available information about the person who died in Louisiana and continues to assess that the ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently confirmed the first death in the United States linked to H5N1 ...

The first human death due to bird flu in the US has been reported in Louisiana, involving a patient over 65 with underlying ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says hospitals treating people for the flu should test them for avian ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging health care workers to accelerate bird flu testing for patients ...

A Louisiana patient has become the first to die of bird flu in the US. According to AP News, state health officials announced ...

According to the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), whooping ...

The CDC is calling for expanded testing of bird flu after a child in California tested positive for the virus despite no ...