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.
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 ...
LAI illustration A second case of avian influenza, also known as the bird flu, has been detected in a backyard flock in ...
Galveston County health officials confirmed the county's first case of avian flu this week, while Louisiana logged the nation ...
Another state has reported a possible case of human bird flu as overall figures rise in the U.S., increasing the risk of a pandemic.
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