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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A person in Louisiana has been hospitalized with a severe case of the bird flu. It is the first known human H5N1 infection in the United States, according

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In a case first reported in Louisiana, a patient has now developed the first known case of bird flu so severe as to require hospitalization.

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(CNN) — 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.