The U.S’s biggest dairy-producing state is being squeezed by the recent outbreak of bird flu, which also affects cattle—and ...

Long Island’s last commercial duck farm is rebuilding after a bird flu outbreak forced the destruction of its entire ...

Experts say this new strain is concerning but insist the risk to public is low, with no evidence of human to human spread.

Jan. 7, 2025 – A person in Louisiana exposed to bird flu by a backyard flock has died. This marks the first U.S. human death linked to H5N1 avian flu, which has increasingly been detected in ...

The Louisiana patient, who was hospitalized in late 2024, carried a new version of bird flu, which is unlike the bird flu that has been spreading in cattle across the US, the CDC reported.

Bird flu has been traveling around the world since 1997. It was largely confined to wild birds until recent years. It has infected more than 60 people in the U.S. this year, though most have had ...

A Louisiana patient who had been hospitalized with bird flu has died of the disease, as officials in California continued working to contain the virus, which has run rampant through the state's ...

A Louisiana patient who had been hospitalized with bird flu has died of the disease, as officials in California continued working to contain the virus, which has run rampant through the state's ...

The first U.S. bird flu death has been reported — a person in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms. Louisiana health officials announced the death on Monday.