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Bird flu update in Louisiana; What the CDC says about mutations in patient
The CDC previously confirmed the first severe human case of bird flu in Louisiana, but now the CDC has confirmed a virus ...
First U.S. bird flu death reported in Louisiana after severe case of H5N1
No other people were found to have been sickened by the virus in Louisiana. "CDC has carefully studied the available ...
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Louisiana resident is first American to die from H5N1 after contact with infected birds, CDC confirms
America's first human death from bird flu occurred in Louisiana, where an elderly resident succumbed to the H5N1 virus after ...
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Bird Flu Virus Likely Mutated Within Louisiana Patient, CDC Says
A genetic analysis suggested the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the nation's first severe ...
CDC wants more, faster testing for bird flu as outbreak grows
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging health care workers to accelerate bird flu testing for patients ...
As bird flu affects more people and animals, CDC urges faster testing
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says hospitals treating people for the flu should test them for avian ...
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CDC confirms first severe human case of bird flu in U.S.
The Louisiana Health Department announced over ... The case was confirmed by the CDC on Friday. In a briefing Wednesday, Demetre Daskalakis, a top CDC official, said preliminary genetic sequencing ...
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First US bird flu death is announced in Louisiana
(CDC/NIAID via AP, File) NEW YORK (AP) — The first U.S. bird flu death has been reported — a person in Louisiana who had been ...