How deadly is the bird flu? The US has reported its first death from avian influenza, H5N1. Here's what to know about bird ...

The case in Louisiana is the first human death from bird flu in the U.S. during this current outbreak, but there was a death ...

A person in Louisiana who was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu has died. The hospitalization, first announced Dec.

Though H5N1 has been circulating nationwide in wild birds, domestic poultry, and mammals since 2022, you may have only been ...

With reports of the first human death from bird flu in the US, some Americans are feeling an uncomfortable flashback to the ...

A ny time a person catches H5N1, or bird flu, their infection is a chance for the virus to mutate in the wrong direction.

On Monday, Louisiana health officials announced that a person hospitalized last month with a severe case of avian influenza — ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) maintains that the virus that sickened the Louisiana patient matched a ...

We asked public health and industry experts to break down the risks that bird flu presents to our food supply.

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 Louisiana patient was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu in the first death in the U.S. caused by the H5N1 virus.

Researchers report the first confirmed cases of H5N1 bird flu in horses, highlighting their role as potential reservoirs for ...