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US reports its 1st human death from bird flu in Louisiana

Bird flu will be the next pandemic unless health officials take 6 critical steps, experts say

The damage to those commercial industries has been severe. By the CDC’s accounting, bird flu has struck down nearly 131 million poultry and been found in 919 dairy herds across the country. The agency said there have been 66 confirmed human cases in the U.S. since last year, almost all of them people who worked on farms with infected cows or birds.

The Washington Post on MSN · 3d

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.

ABC News on MSN · 3d

1st bird flu death in the US reported in Louisiana

The first person has died of bird flu in the United States, the Louisiana Department of Health confirmed on Monday. The patient, who was exposed to non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds, was over age 65 and had underlying medical conditions, officials said.

Bird flu vaccine

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Bird flu vaccine: What to know

Medical experts advise that people should get a vaccine for the bird flu when it becomes commercially available. One doctor said the most at-risk patients should be first.

The Atlantic on MSN · 5h

Bird Flu Could Have Been Contained

The experiment of whether H5 can ever be successful in human populations is happening before our eyes,” Seema Lakdawala, a flu virologist at Emory University, told me. “And we are doing nothing to stop it.

MIT Technology Review · 10h

How the US is preparing for a potential bird flu pandemic

Five years on from the start of the covid pandemic, are we ready for a potential avian influenza outbreak? This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter.

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America’s first bird flu death reported in Louisiana

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

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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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Moderna and other vaccine maker shares jump after first US bird flu death

Moderna surged as investors turned eyed potential demand for a vaccine to protect against bird flu after the US reported its ...

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