STORY: "Our risk assessment to the general population is still low."After the first reported human death from H5N1 bird flu in the United States, the World Health Organization on Tuesday said that - despite the recent death - the risk to humans remains low.

Louisiana has reported the first U.S. fatality from avian influenza. Most of the country’s human cases have been mild

Health officials said Monday that a patient in Louisiana with a severe case of bird flu has died, the first reported human death from the disease in the U.S.