A patient in Louisiana has been hospitalized with a severe case of H5N1 bird flu, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, the first such case in the United States.

The C.D.C. said it has confirmed a case of bird flu in Louisiana that resulted in “severe illness” that required hospitalization.

A person in Louisiana has the first severe illness caused by bird flu in the U.S., health officials said Wednesday

The U.S. reported its first severe human case of bird flu on Wednesday in a Louisiana resident who is hospitalized in critical condition after suspected contact with an infected backyard flock. California,

Newsom’s state of emergency comes on the heels of a report from the Centers for Disease Control about the first instance of a severe illness reported in a human related to bird flu.

The ongoing bird flu outbreak in the U.S. just got a bit more concerning: a person in Louisiana has been hospitalized with the first severe case of infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus in the U.