The patient, who was older than 65 and had underlying medical conditions, was hospitalized Dec. 18 in critical condition with ...

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.

The first U.S. bird flu death has been reported. Louisiana health officials announced the death Monday of a person who had ...

The Louisiana Department of Health reported that a 65-year-old man who was hospitalized with the bird flu (highly pathogenic ...

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 other 65 known cases in the U.S. have all had been mild, though a 13-year-old girl in Canada with H5N1 also had severe ...

A U.S. patient was the first to die from the H5N1 bird flu in Louisiana. 70 people contracted the virus since April, mostly ...

The first person to have a severe case of H5N1 bird flu in the United States has died, according to the Louisiana Department ...

The person contracted the bird flu after exposure to a combination of a non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds.

The patient was reportedly over the age of 65 and was said to have suffered from underlying medical conditions.

The Louisiana Department of Health said on Monday that a U.S. patient hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu had died, the country's ...