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BATON ROUGE, La. — The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) has confirmed Louisiana’s first human case of West Nile virus (WNV) of the 2025 mosquito season and urges all Louisianans to protect themselves from mosquito bites. This case was confirmed in an individual from Livingston Parish who was hospitalized due to complications from the infection. To protect patient confidentiality, no further information about the patient will be released.

HOMER, La. — With H5N1, also known as avian influenza or bird flu, on the rise a recent LSU AgCenter hire is bringing a set of skills to his research seldom seen in the field of poultry science — a mechanical engineering degree.
Will Strickland started at the AgCenter at the end of July and he has already made his mark at the Hill Farm Research Station in Homer. To say the Georgia native didn’t take the traditional path to his current career would be an understatement.

MORSE – On February 10, 2025, shortly after 4:00 p.m., Louisiana State Police Troop I responded to a two-vehicle fatality crash on Louisiana Highway 92 (W Whitney Street) near Everglade Road in Acadia Parish.
The crash claimed the life of 50-year-old Cora Barrios of Morse.