On Monday, Louisiana health officials announced that a person hospitalized last month with a severe case of avian influenza — ...

Recent headlines have stirred public concern about avian influenza, or bird flu, following a tragic death in Louisiana linked ...

Officials from the Louisiana Department of Health have announced the death of a patient hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu, the ...

The US has reported its first human death from avian influenza H5N1 in a person who had been admitted to hospital in Louisiana after being exposed to a non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds.1 ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses have caused widespread infections in dairy cows and poultry in the United ...

Researchers report the first confirmed cases of H5N1 bird flu in horses, highlighting their role as potential reservoirs for ...

The U.S. has developed a bird flu vaccine that can be prepared when needed. It’s not currently available because health officials haven’t deemed it necessary.

As the seasonal flu picks up, there are even more opportunities for the bird flu to acquire mutations as the different influenza viruses mix. A 13-year-old girl in British Columbia who was ...

Avian influenza has a grip on dairy herds in California, several people have fallen seriously ill in North America and researchers have found that a single mutation could give the virus a better ...