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.

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.

The risk to the general population from H5N1 bird flu remains low, a World Health Organization spokesperson said on Tuesday, ...

For influenza viruses, imperfection is a strength. They constantly mutate, producing new strains that challenge immune ...

A deadly strain of the virus killed a patient in the US and left a teenager critically ill. The outbreak has raised concerns ...

An outbreak of human metapneumovirus in China has raised concerns of another widespread respiratory illness. HMPV has likely ...

Apart from H5N1 influenza virus or bird flu, which has set the alarm bell ringing in the US, malaria tuberculosis, HIV are ...

A new bird flu mutation of H5N1 has been discovered in a patient in the US state of Louisiana. Public health officials are concerned the new strain may rapidly develop, increasing its ability to ...

First come the horseshoe crabs. Hoisting their round, tank-like shells, they trundle out of the Delaware Bay under the first ...

new video loaded: Bird Flu Kills 20 Big Cats at Washington Sanctuary Archival footage shows Tabbi, a half-Bengal tiger, and Thumper, a Eurasian lynx, playing at the Wild Felid Advocacy Center of ...