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

There is still a danger, however: a person in Louisiana recently became the first person in the country to die from H5N1.

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

The Louisiana Department of Health said on Monday that a U.S. patient hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu has died.

A variant of the virus caused disease in people in 1997, when there was a small but deadly outbreak in Hong Kong. Eighteen ...

California State Veterinarian Dr. Annette Jones has issued a statewide ban on dairy cattle and poultry exhibitions to combat ...

Louisiana has reported the first U.S. fatality from avian influenza. Most of the country’s human cases have been mild ...

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 Louisiana patient who had been hospitalized with the first human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or H5N1, in ...

The patient, who was older than 65 and had underlying medical conditions, was hospitalized weeks ago in critical condition ...

"While the risk to humans remains low, we are always preparing for any possible scenario that could arise," HSS's Xavier ...

First US death from H5N1 avian influenza confirmed by Louisiana Department of Health in an individual with pre-existing ...