The Louisiana Department of Health said on Friday it has detected the first presumptive positive human case of H5N1 bird flu infection in the U.S. state. Skip to main content ...

KTAL Shreveport. First positive human Bird Flu case in Louisiana. Posted: December 14, 2024 | Last updated: June 12, 2025. The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) detects first 'presumptive ...

Bird flu has been circulating widely among wild and farmed birds in the U.S. since 2022. Many mammals have also been infected in the outbreak, including dairy cattle , in a widening agricultural ...

According to the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, after the first report of a human case of bird flu, the Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory detected the virus in a ...

The Louisiana Department of Health reported the state’s first human case of the bird flu (highly pathogenic avian influenza, HPAI) in a resident who had exposure to sick and dead birds in ...

The first severe case of bird flu in the U.S. is showing signs of mutation, stoking fears that the virus could become more transmissible among humans, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) has detected the first presumptive positive human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), or H5N1, in Louisiana.

First human case of bird flu in Louisiana detected. By EMILY WOODRUFF | Staff writer. Emily Woodruff. Author email; Dec 13, 2024 Dec 13, 2024; 2 min to read. Facebook; Twitter; WhatsApp; SMS; ...

It’s the first case of H5N1 bird flu in the United States that has been linked to exposure to a backyard flock, and news of the infection comes the same day California officials declared a state ...

LDH detects first presumptive positive human ‘bird flu’ case in Louisiana. Updated: Dec. 13 ... Feb. 18 to donate money to the Mary Bird Perkins ... but the first patient in the world to ...