A patient in Louisiana has become the first human in the US to die of bird flu. The Louisiana department of health reported on Monday afternoon that a patient who had been hospitalized in the state with the first human case of avian influenza has now died. The patient was over the age of 65 and was reported to have underlying medical conditions, the department announced in a statement. The patient contracted bird flu, officially known as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), or H5N1, after exposure to a combination of a non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds. The Louisiana department
