Bird flu, also called avian influenza, is a viral infection that can cause flu in birds and sometimes spread to mammals, including humans. Migrating waterfowl (wild ducks, geese, and storks ...

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

In its announcement this week of the first human death from bird flu in the United States, health officials in Louisiana were ...

Why the results surprised anyone is itself a surprise. After the state of California began testing dairy herds for highly ...

A Louisiana patient is the first person in the United States to die as a result of H5N1 infection. One expert likens what ...

Scientists Identify Mutation That Could Facilitate H5N1 'Bird Flu' Virus Infection and Potential Transmission in Humans Dec. 5, 2024 — Avian influenza viruses typically require several mutations ...

There have been reports of bird flu cases throughout the U.S. and one confirmed case in Louisiana. Here's what the CDC says about bird flu infections.

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Maricopa County Department of Public Health (MCDPH) confirmed Monday that it has detected avian ...

SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AZFamily) — Additional cases of bird flu have been confirmed in Arizona, this time in two geese at a park in ...

By the end of 2024, the CDC reported 128,907,392 birds had been infected by avian influenza. These were found in all 50 ...

On Wednesday the CDC said that a patient has been hospitalized with a severe case of the avian influenza virus, or the "bird flu," in Louisiana. This case was confirmed by the CDC on Friday ...

Additional cases of bird flu have been confirmed in Arizona, this time in two geese at a park in Scottsdale. The Arizona Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory recently detected avian influenza in a ...