The Houma Courier

Avian Influenza causing wild bird deaths across Louisiana

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or H5N1, is causing deaths among wild birds in Louisiana. The risk to humans is considered minimal, but officials advise against handling sick or dead birds. While ...
lex18

Bird flu virus mutated in person with severe case in Louisiana, CDC finds

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that testing of a person with a severe case of bird flu indicated the virus had mutated when compared with samples taken from infected ...
High Plains Journal

Avian influenza and Arkansas poultry

The H5N1 strain of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza continues to infect poultry in Arkansas and across the country.
The Advocate

Where is bird flu in Louisiana? What we know about the outbreak and response

The soaring price of eggs is a ripple effect of an ongoing outbreak of avian influenza, also known as H5N1 or bird flu, which has spread from wild birds to dairy and poultry farms, infected cats, and ...
WGAL

Can avian flu be transmitted to people?

GOOD MORNING. IT IS 656. TIME FOR WGAL NEWS EIGHT TO GO. THE NEWS EIGHT STORM TEAM IS ALL HERE TO HELP YOU START YOUR DAY. I’M GABRIELLE THOMAS, LIVE HERE IN RAPHO TOWNSHIP. TODAY, GOVERNOR JOSH ...