January marks the start of flu season and this particular season has many on their toes as cases of the bird flu emerge.

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

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.

There is still a danger, however: a person in Louisiana recently became the first person in the country to die from H5N1. Louisiana health officials said the patient was over the age of 65 and had ...

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

But, fatalities are not uncommon with H5N1 infections overall. According to data collected by the WHO, there have been 954 documented cases between 2003 and 2024. Of those, 464 were fatal, leading to ...

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

However, there are no approved vaccines against HPAIV H5N1 for cattle or humans, and the seasonal flu vaccines do not provide ...

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 ...

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 ...

The only other human case of bird flu in the U.S. occurred in 2022 and may not have caused any illness, with the CDC stating that the "detection may have been the result of contamination of the nasal ...