A variant of the virus caused disease in people in 1997, when there was a small but deadly outbreak in Hong Kong. Eighteen ...

With reports of the first human death from bird flu in the US, some Americans are feeling an uncomfortable flashback to the ...

A ny time a person catches H5N1, or bird flu, their infection is a chance for the virus to mutate in the wrong direction.

We asked public health and industry experts to break down the risks that bird flu presents to our food supply.

There is still a danger, however: a person in Louisiana recently became the first person in the country to die from H5N1.

The death of a Louisiana resident who was over the age of 65 signals that future H5N1 infections are not guaranteed to be ...

The Louisiana patient was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu in the first death in the U.S. caused by the H5N1 virus ...

A person in Louisiana who was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu has died. The hospitalization, first announced Dec.

The case in Louisiana is the first human death from bird flu in the U.S. during this current outbreak, but there was a death ...

CDC reported the death of a person due to the H5N1 bird flu virus. Bird flu spreads from animals and birds to humans. The ...

But, fatalities are not uncommon with H5N1 infections overall. According to data collected by the WHO, there have been 954 documented cases between 2003 and 2024. Of those, 464 were fatal, leading to ...

California State Veterinarian Dr. Annette Jones has issued a statewide ban on dairy cattle and poultry exhibitions to combat ...