A Louisiana resident has died after being hospitalized with bird flu, the state's health department announced Monday, marking the first U.S. death from the H5N1 virus.

No person-to-person spread of H5 bird flu has been detected. This case does not change CDC’s overall assessment of the immediate risk to the public’s health from H5N1 bird flu, which remains low.

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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.

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The Louisiana case "does not change CDC's overall assessment of the immediate risk to the public's health from H5N1 bird flu, which remains low," according to the release.

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ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - Louisiana health officials have confirmed Louisiana’s first patient has been hospitalized with a severe case of the H5N1 Bird Flu. The patient from the southwest region ...

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Health officials in Louisiana said Monday that an individual has died from the H5N1 bird flu. The death is the first reported among humans in the United States related to the virus.

The person was over the age of 65 and had underlying medical conditions. They were hospitalized last month with the U.S.'s first severe bird flu case.