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Nation’s 1st ‘severe’ avian flu patient dies in Louisiana

Nation’s first ‘severe’ avian flu patient dies in Louisiana

The Louisiana patient who contracted what officials said was the nation’s first “severe” case of avian influenza has died, the state health department said Monday. The person who contracted the H5N1 strain of highly pathogenic bird flu in southwest Louisiana had been hospitalized since mid-December.

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First U.S. bird flu death reported in Louisiana after severe case of H5N1

The Louisiana patient was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu in the first death in the U.S. caused by the H5N1 virus.

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First U.S. bird flu death reported in Louisiana patient, officials say

The patient, who was older than 65 and had underlying medical conditions, was hospitalized weeks ago in critical condition with severe respiratory illness.

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Bird Flu Patient in Louisiana Becomes First Human Death in Current H5N1 Outbreak

The case in Louisiana is the first human death from bird flu in the U.S. during this current outbreak, but there was a death ...

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Bird Flu Is a National Embarrassment

America should have more aggressively intervened almost a year ago.

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