The Louisiana Department of Health announced Jan. 6 that a patient hospitalized last month for H5N1 bird flu has died, becoming the first U.S. death from the virus. The agency said the individual ...

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.

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

Health officials said Monday that a patient in Louisiana with a severe case of bird flu has died, the first reported human ...

The first human death from bird flu in the United States has intensified calls for the government to ramp up efforts to stave off the threat of another pandemic -- particularly ahead of Donald Trump's ...

A flock of turkeys in eastern Indiana has tested positive for H5N1 or bird flu. The farm, in Jay County on the border of Ohio ...

A veterinary disease expert says more than half of the raw milk produced in the U.S. is now being tested for the H5N1 avian ...

The risk to the general population from H5N1 bird flu remains low, a World Health Organization spokesperson said on Tuesday, ...