We’re monitoring the situation very, very closely. We’ve never seen this many infections of non-bird species as we have in the U.S.," Johns Hopkins virologist Andrew Pekosz said.

The first known fatal case of avian flu was reported Monday in Louisiana, while California is battling a major outbreak of ...

A US patient who had been hospitalised with H5N1 bird flu has died, the Louisiana Department of Health said on Monday, marking the country's first reported human death from the virus, reported Reuters ...

Dr. John Goldman, a UPMC Infectious Disease Specialist, spoke about the severity of the bird flu and the possibility of a ...

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.

Officials say the risk is generally low but urged Americans to take precautions while health experts closely monitor the ...

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

The H5N1 bird flu — widespread in wild birds worldwide and the cause of outbreaks in poultry, U.S. dairy cows and even several recent human cases among agricultural workers – ...

Health officials in Louisiana say a person there has died after catching bird flu. This marks the first reported death in the ...

However, there are no approved vaccines against HPAIV H5N1 for cattle or humans, and the seasonal flu vaccines do not provide ...