A patient death in Louisiana has become the first in the nation to be linked to the highly contagious bird flu, which has ...

The first U.S. bird flu death has been reported. Louisiana health officials announced the death Monday of a person who had ...

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The CDC says the risk of bird flu to the general public is low, but public health experts say they are worried the virus could mutate and become more transmissible.

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

F or months, bird flu has been on Desiree’ Moffitt’s mind. The more she learns about the H5N1 virus, and the more updates ...

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

No human cases have been reported in New York but the virus was very common among certain wild birds on Long Island in 2022 and 2023.

Bird flu has claimed its first human in the United States, but health officials say the risk remains low and there are ...

Robert Redfield, former CDC director, predicts bird flu would be “much more catastrophic than the COVID pandemic.” ...

The first person has died of bird flu in the United States, the Louisiana Department of Health confirmed on Monday. The patient, who was exposed to non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds, was ...