The Louisiana patient who contracted what officials said was the nation’s first “severe” case of avian influenza has died, ...

An infectious disease expert says the relatively mild cases of avian influenza detected so far among dairy workers don’t ...

A patient in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with the first human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, has died, health officials said Monday.

The first person has died of bird flu in the United States, the Louisiana Department of Health confirmed on Monday. The ...

Officials find dangerous virus for first time in 2025 at pair of commercial poultry facilities. All birds will be killed.

The announcement follows just days after the US Centres for Disease Control confirmed its first death from Avian Influenza.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Louisiana has announced the first avian influenza-related human death in the country. The patient ...

Backyard chicken enthusiasts are keeping an eye on alerts from the state’s health and agricultural departments after a person ...

The death comes at a time when the H5N1 virus has recently undergone an unusual mutation that is causing concern to the World ...

The risk of catching H5N1 bird flu remains low, and there have been no reported cases of person-to-person spread.

The CDC called findings about bird flu mutations in a human case “concerning” but says the risk to the general public from ...

First US death from H5N1 avian influenza confirmed by Louisiana Department of Health in an individual with pre-existing ...