The US has reported its first human death from avian influenza H5N1 in a person who had been admitted to hospital in Louisiana after being exposed to a non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds.1 ...

It was this time five years ago we were all beginning to get acquainted with a new term: COVID-19. You know how the rest went ...

The H5N1 bird flu has been reported to have caused the death of a patient in Louisiana. Such a case poses a significant ...

On the heels of the first person in the United States to die from H5N1 avian flu after contracting it from infected birds, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched a new interactive ...

Since 2024, the U.S. has documented 66 human H5N1 cases, most of which were mild. However, a new genotype carried by migrating wild birds has caused severe infections, including one in Louisiana and ...

The only other human case of bird flu in the U.S. occurred in 2022 and may not have caused any illness, with the CDC stating that the "detection may have been the result of contamination of the nasal ...

With 66 human cases and one death from bird flu in the current outbreak, there are several ways Americans could become sick.

The Louisiana Department of Health reported that a patient hospitalized with the first human case of highly pathogenic avian ...

MOOREFIELD — The West Virginia Department of Agriculture has confirmed the presence of bird flu, or Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), in a backyard flock of chickens in Pocahontas County. ...

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

The Health Department of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has urged city dwellers to watch for symptoms of avian influenza among themselves and family members in a bid to prevent the ...

Learn why there’s an egg shortage in 2024, how bird flu has impacted chicken farms, and what it means for consumers in ...