While HPAI can potentially infect humans, the CDC says the current outbreak is primarily an animal health issue.
Reports of the bird flu were detected in April in a farm in Texas. Since then, the dominant strain — H5N1 — was later detected in the first-confirmed human case in the United States. That person has ...
A person previously hospitalized with severe avian influenza illness in Louisiana has passed away, according to the CDC.
Explore the implications of the first human death from H5N1 bird flu in the US and what it means for public health.
A patient who had been hospitalized with the first human case of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza in Louisiana has died ...
Since March of last year, the U.S. has reported 66 bird flu infections, primarily mild cases among farmworkers exposed to sick poultry or dairy cows.
The Louisiana Department of Health says the first ever severe human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza patient has ...
The first human to contract a severe case of the current strain of bird flu has died, according to the Louisiana Department ...
The first human bird flu death was reported out of Louisiana on Monday, Jan. 6. The same case was the first serious case of H5N1 in humans in the U.S.
A Louisiana resident has died after being hospitalized with bird flu in December of last year, marking the first known ...
A patient in Louisiana who contracted a severe case of the bird flu virus H5N1 has died from the infection. This makes them ...
Motherhood is entirely possible at the age 74—for some birds at least. A Laysan albatross ( Phoebastria immutabilis) named ...