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

The patient in Louisiana was older than 65 and was reported to have had underlying medical conditions, health officials said.

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.

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

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

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

The first human patient in the United States with a confirmed case of avian influenza has died, according to a press release ...

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

Health officials have said the person was older than 65, had underlying medical problems and had been in contact with sick ...

The first person has died of bird flu in the United States, the Louisiana Department of Health confirmed on Monday. The patient, who was exposed to non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds, was ...

A patient who had been hospitalized with bird flu has died of the disease, the Louisiana Department of Public Health reported Monday.