Scientists are concerned that the H5N1 virus could set off another human pandemic. But it is already putting species under pressure in the wild.

The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) reported that a resident in southwestern Louisiana is hospitalized with the state’s first human case of bird flu, known as H5N1. LDH is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the investigation which revealed the person had been exposed to

There are about 60 confirmed cases of bird flu in humans across the U.S., with most of those connected to an outbreak in cattle that started in March . "While the current public health risk for the general public is low,