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

The CDC says the risk of bird flu to the general public is low, but public health experts say they are worried the virus ...

some scientists believe the virus may have mutated within the Louisiana patient into a more severe disease. The department also said that exposure to bird flu in the United States is currently ...

The victim, a person over 65 years of age with pre-existing medical conditions, contracted the virus after being exposed to backyard poultry and wild birds. As avian influenza continues to affect ...

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

Nationally, this avian flu sickened at least 66 people in 2024, mostly dairy farmworkers who came in contact with diseased ...

The death in Louisiana — involving a person with underlying health conditions — is the first human case in the United States ...

A total of 65 other people in the United States had contracted the H5N1 virus, though their symptoms ... result of human-to-human transmission. “Bird flu” is the disease that results from ...

The U.S. has reported its first death due to bird flu, aka H5N1. How deadly is H5N1? Experts discuss bird flu fatality rate amid ongoing outbreak.

Panel A shows the number of human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection in the United States according to date of illness onset and exposure type; the 46 cases were ...

The risk to the general population from H5N1 bird flu remains low, a World Health Organization spokesperson said on Tuesday, following the first death of a patient from the virus in the United States.