NEW YORK – The first U.S. bird flu death has been reported — a person in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms. Louisiana health officials announced the death on Monday.

The first human death from H5N1 in the United States is an event of historical significance, laying bare the destructive ...

It’s clearly positive, and it’s clearly H5N1 and not another influenza virus based on the test,” she said. Richard Webby, director of the World Health Organization’s Collaborating Center ...

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This sets up a literal virus breeding ground. Influenza ... don't have the virus under control in California,” says Jonker. The USDA has approved seven field trials of H5N1 vaccine candidates ...

More than 107,000 people died from measles globally in 2023, a majority of whom were under fives years ... almost all cases of H5N1 - the most common bird flu strain in humans - have been reported ...

First U.S. death from H5N1 avian influenza raises pandemic concerns First recorded avian flu death in the U.S. raises alarm ...

With reports of the first human death from bird flu in the US, some Americans are feeling an uncomfortable flashback to the ...

The Louisiana Department of Health has confirmed the first human death caused by H5N1 avian influenza in the United States. The victim, a person over 65 years of age with pre-exist ...

Human MxA protein suppresses mammalian H5N1 virus replication, but emerging mutations may enable partial evasion, raising ...