A man has become the first person in the US to die from bird flu, but the authorities warn infections are contagious and can ...

The nation has recorded its first fatality from the H5N1 bird flu, and while health officials say risk to the public remains low, there are still a few things to know. The U.S. Centers for Disease ...

A veterinary disease expert says more than half of the raw milk produced in the U.S. is now being tested for the H5N1 avian ...

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

A Louisiana patient is the first person in the United States to die as a result of H5N1 infection. One expert likens what ...

H5N1 has infected 66 people in the United States since early 2024, mostly causing mild illness. A Louisiana man was the first to get severely sick.

There have been four flu pandemics since the start of the 20th century. What we’ve learned—and why we still can’t predict the ...

A global outbreak of avian flu has reached Arizona, affecting animals and humans. Officials say the public health risk ...

New research led by La Jolla Institute for Immunology scientists on the H5N1 virus, or “bird flu,” suggests that many people ...

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

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 ...

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