Since the bird flu is not spread from person to person currently ... and we’ve had more admissions to the hospital not just ...

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 spread of avian influenza (HPAI) has also impacted the nationwide supply of poultry products, including eggs. Experts ...

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 Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has confirmed the state’s first 2025 detection of the highly ...

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

Bird flu has claimed its first human in the United States, but health officials say the risk remains low and there are ...

The Louisiana Department of Health announced the first U.S. human death caused by the deadly bird flu virus, also known as ...

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

A genetic analysis had suggested the bird flu virus had mutated inside the patient, which could have led to the more severe illness.

Explore the implications of the first human death from H5N1 bird flu in the US and what it means for public health.