Bird flu: Human cases

Bird flu: Human cases
Hospice & Palliative Care Today; 3/5/25
Reports of human cases of the H5 bird flu are on the rise. Here are several posts.

• U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):  Situation summary of confirmed and probable human cases since 2024, including a map of states with the exposure sources
• Risk to People in the United States from Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Viruses, As of Febrary 28, 2025
• Medscape Medical News: First Human H5N1 Death in the United States — Just the Beginning?
• Nevada reported its first human case of bird flu in an agricultural worker exposed to infected dairy cattle. ...  
• In early 2025, the Louisiana Department of Health reported the death of the first patient in the United States with a confirmed case of avian influenza, an individual over 65 years of age who died after being hospitalized.
• Although US authorities stress that there is no evidence of human-to-human transmission at this stage and that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) considers that bird flu presents “only a low risk to the public,” the variant found in Nevada remains a cause for concern.