A resident of southwestern Louisiana is currently hospitalized after being found with the first presumptive positive human ...

Previous seasonal flu infections and vaccinations may protect us against infection from the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu outbreak.

A chilling milestone in U.S. public health has been confirmed. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently ...

In 2024, at least 66 human cases of bird flu have been reported in the United States, each one raising the risk of another ...

"CDC's overall assessment of the immediate risk to the public's health from H5N1 bird flu, which remains low," the announcement stated, citing the Louisiana case. On Wednesday, Wisconsin officials ...

The patient was likely infected after having contact with sick and dead birds in a backyard flock, the US Centers for Disease ...

Federal health officials have disclosed new unsettling details about the first severe case of bird flu reported in the United ...

A patient has been hospitalized with a severe case of avian influenza A (H5N1) virus ("H5N1 bird flu") infection in Louisiana ...

A patient in Louisiana has been hospitalized with a severe case of H5N1 bird flu, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, the first such case in the United States.

Federal health officials have confirmed unsettling new details about the first United States case of severe bird flu, ...

Genetic analysis of H5N1 bird flu virus that infected a Canadian teenager shows 'worrisome' mutations, new studies reveal.

Most human cases of bird flu in North America have been mild, a fact that’s underscored by a new study of the first 46 ...