FILE -This colorized electron microscope image released by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on March 26 ... U.S. bird flu death has been reported — a person in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms.

The U.S. has recorded its first death of a person infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus. The patient was a resident of southwest Louisiana who was hospitalized last month

FILE -This colorized electron microscope image released by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on March ... been reported — a person in Louisiana who had been hospitalized ...

Health officials have said the person was older than 65, had underlying medical problems and had been in contact with sick and dead birds in a backyard flock.

As fears grow of a possible bird flu pandemic in humans, the federal government is pouring more money into the development of new vaccines, including an mRNA shot.

The bird flu was detected in a backyard flock of various birds on Wednesday, according to officials with the Connecticut Department of Agriculture. Highly Pathogenic Avian

The case of the Canadian teen and the death of a Louisiana man are stark reminders of bird flu’s capacity to ignite serious illness.

A detection in a sample collected on Dec. 11 was so low that it wasn’t considered a positive. Samples collected on Dec. 18 and Jan. 8 also had similar low detections.

The first U.S. death from bird flu is raising new concerns about the H5N1 virus, and whether bird flu will become the next pandemic.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an advisory Thursday urging health care workers treating patients hospitalized with the flu to perform an additional test for bird flu within 24

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Centers for Disease Control’s influenza map has Louisiana shaded purple, indicating very high levels of the flu. Other viruses are sickening people as well, in what some have dubbed a “quademic.”

Eleven people are being monitored after being exposed to bird flu at an animal exhibit farm in a Waterford Township park.