A Louisiana patient who had been hospitalized with bird flu has died of the disease, the Louisiana Department of Public Health reported Monday.. The patient, the first in the U.S. to die from bird ...

Still, hundreds of ducks killed by hunters in Louisiana have tested positive for bird flu since 2022 when the outbreak began, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

A Louisiana resident has died after being hospitalized with bird flu, the state's health department announced Monday, marking the first U.S. death from the H5N1 virus.

A patient in Louisiana has been hospitalized with a severe case of H5N1 bird flu, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, the first such case in the United States.

Flu season is ramping up across the US, but Louisiana—the state that has reportedly barred its health department from promoting flu shots, as well as COVID-19 and mpox vaccines—is leading the ...

The Louisiana patient’s death does not change the overall assessment by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the immediate risk to the public’s health from H5N1 bird flu, which ...

Bird flu has been around for about three decades, but a recent spike in cases in humans has some experts concerned. Former Baltimore Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen said on "Face the Nation ...

An NPR investigation found Louisiana health officials told staff to stop promoting vaccines for COVID, flu and mpox, holding flu shot events or otherwise encouraging the public to get those vaccines.

Louisiana currently ranks a level 10 out of 13 for flu activity overall, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Only Washington, D.C. is also in that category.

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.

Still, hundreds of ducks killed by hunters in Louisiana have tested positive for bird flu since 2022 when the outbreak began, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Louisiana currently ranks a level 10 out of 13 for flu activity overall, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Only Washington, D.C. is also in that category.