The first reported death from bird flu in the U.S. was a patient in Louisiana who had been exposed to infected sick and dead birds in backyard flocks, according to the American Hospital Association.

Is the United States prepared for an avian ... bird flu in poultry flocks and that there have not been any dairy or human cases of the virus. "So really, I would say that the risk is not zero ...

Scientists have been keeping an eye on bird flu ever since it was first discovered nearly 30 years ago. Experts have long recognized that the H5N1 virus that causes the disease has pandemic ...

Health experts have shared alarming bird flu symptoms following warnings that a "pandemic" could be on the horizon - with the poultry industry at risk overseas. Top specialists in the US have ...

In January, US officials reported the first bird flu death in a person in Louisiana who had been hospitalised with severe respiratory symptoms. The patient was said to be older than 65 ...

A case of bird flu was detected a live bird market in Essex County but the state said the case is contained. No person in New Jersey has been diagnosed with bird flu, and the public health risk ...

Some clinics in the state are giving $25 in gift cards to people in the community to get swabbed for a potential bird flu infection or to get a shot of the regular seasonal influenza vaccine.

SAO PAULO, May 16 (Reuters) - Brazil, the world's largest chicken exporter, on Friday reported its first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza - also known as bird flu - on a commercial farm ...

"So really, I would say that the risk is not zero, but it is still quite low in South Carolina ― especially for humans, it's even lower," she said. What measures is DHEC taking to monitor and prevent ...