First bird flu death reported in U.S [Video]

The first person to have a severe case of H5N1 bird flu in the United States has died, according to the Louisiana Department of Health. This is the first human death from bird flu in the U.S.

The person, who was over 65 and reportedly had underlying medical conditions, was hospitalized with the flu after exposure to a backyard flock of birds and to wild birds.

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Louisiana health officials said that their investigation found no other human cases linked to this patient’s infection.

Flu experts have been warning that the H5N1 virus would bare its teeth as infections spread.

“We’ve been studying the family tree of this virus for 25 odd years, and this is probably the nastiest form of the virus that we’ve seen. So the fact that it finally did cause a fatal …