First Bird Flu Death in U.S. Reported in Louisiana

A Louisiana patient who had been hospitalized with severe bird flu has died, the first such fatality in the United States, state health officials reported on Monday. The patient was older than 65 and had underlying medical conditions, the officials said. The individual became infected with the bird flu virus, H5N1, after exposure to a…

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How Latin America voted in 2024 

Salomé Beyer Vélez contributed to this article. Globally, around 1.7 billion voters in over 70 countries took to the polls to cast their votes in what the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance deemed as the 2024 electoral super-cycle.  The Pew Research Center highlighted four major themes for democracies around the world, including difficulties…

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