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.

The Louisiana Department of Health announced Jan. 6 that a patient hospitalized last month for H5N1 bird flu has died, ...

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

A US man aged 66 has died after battling a bird flu infection for almost three weeks, the country’s apex health body, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has reported. The CDC ...

A person hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu has died, marking the first fatality linked to the currently circulating infection ...

America's first human death from bird flu occurred in Louisiana, where an elderly resident succumbed to the H5N1 virus after ...

The patient was likely infected after having contact with sick and dead birds in a backyard flock, the US Centers for Disease ...

A patient was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu in Louisiana, the CDC said. This case is the first confirmed instance of a severe human infection linked to the H5N1 virus. The CDC said ...

While the human cases have been mostly mild, the H5N1 bird flu outbreak has wreaked havoc in the American egg industry and heightened concerns about a new pandemic. Although the CDC said the ...

Bird flu cases are on the rise in the U.S., and the CDC is on high alert. With 66 confirmed human cases so far, officials are ...

"We don't know what combination of mutations would lead to a pandemic H5N1 virus... but the more humans are infected, the more chances a pandemic virus will emerge." The CDC has confirmed 65 cases ...