The U.S. has reported its first death due to bird flu, aka H5N1. How deadly is H5N1? Experts discuss bird flu fatality rate ...

A man in Mexico has died in what the World Health Organization (WHO) has said is the first lab-confirmed human infection with the H5N2 strain of bird flu. The 59-year-old Mexico City resident ...

It was the "first laboratory-confirmed human case of infection with an influenza A(H5N2) virus reported globally ... Authorities are monitoring farms near the victim's home and have established ...

News of Nebraska's first H5N2 outbreak comes 1 day after the virus's close relative, H5N8, first surfaced in the Midwest, in a backyard poultry flock in Indiana. The H5N2 virus is believed to be a ...

‘This is the first laboratory-confirmed ... referring to the H5N2 strain of the virus sweeping poultry farms. The victim had no history of exposure to poultry or other animals, WHO said, and ...

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton today declared an emergency over the widespread H5N2 avian influenza invasion of poultry farms, as the state's first outbreaks in chickens and backyard poultry were reported ...

MANILA, Philippines — Wild birds and fomites, or objects carrying viruses, could have caused the Philippines’ first-ever outbreak of the H5N2 avian influenza strain, according to an official ...

A 59-year-old man in Mexico has died with a type of bird flu - H5N2 - never recorded in people before now. There is no risk to the wider public, say authorities, and none of the man's close ...