What is bird flu, and how did it get to a Louisiana patient? Here's how it spreads to humans.
H5N1 usually spreads to people through contact with infected or dead birds, as with the Louisiana patient. Currently, there are no known cases of human-to-human transmission, said the CDC's Dr. Demetre Daskalakis.
Louisiana bird flu patient is first in US to have a 'severe' case
An older person in Louisiana exposed to bird flu from a backyard flock is now hospitalized with a "severe" case of avian influenza, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. The person is the first among 61 people infected with the ...
LAI illustration A second case of avian influenza, also known as the bird flu, has been detected in a backyard flock in ...
A patient in Louisiana is the first in the U.S. with a “severe” case of bird flu that has been linked to wild and ...
Galveston County health officials confirmed the county's first case of avian flu this week, while Louisiana logged the nation ...
For starters, the CDC confirmed the country’s first severe case of human bird-flu infection. The patient, a Louisiana ...
Texas and Louisiana on Alert as Bird Flu Cases Surface, Health Officials Urge Precautionary Measures
Texas health officials warn of bird flu after a Galveston duck tests positive and the CDC reports a severe human case.
California officials have declared a state of emergency over the spread of bird flu, which is tearing through dairy cows in ...
The H5N1 strains are becoming more concerning as the first severe U.S. case has been detected and California declared a state of emergency.
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