Man, 65, has first ‘severe’ case of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus in the US amid fears it has pandemic potential

A MAN in Louisiana has been hospitalised with the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu, health officials have said.

This is the first “severe” case of bird flu reported in the US where the virus has spread rapidly through cows this year.

In nearby Canada, a healthy teenage boy remains in intensive care after contracting the same strain in October.

At least 61 human cases in the US have been recorded so far...