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CDC Confirms First US Case of Severe Bird Flu
This is the first case of H5N1 in the US this year that has sent a patient to the hospital.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Wednesday that a patient in Louisiana has been hospitalized with a severe case of avian influenza caused by the H5N1 virus. A person with bird flu in Missouri was hospitalized in late August, but CDC officials say it was due to underlying medical conditions. This is different from the B3.13 type, which has been detected in dairy cows, some poultry outbreaks, and in sporadic human cases in multiple states.
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