BREAKING: P*blic H*alth *fficials R*port F*rst B*rd Fl*-Related H*man D*ath In *nited St*tes

The Louisiana Department of Health reported the first bird flu-related human death in the United States on Monday.

“The Louisiana Department of Health reports the patient who had been hospitalized with the first human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), or H5N1, in Louisiana and the U.S. has died,”