The first confirmed case of H5N9 bird flu in the United States has been identified in Merced County, California, and control ...

The findings come at a time when outbreaks of bird flu -- a different subtype of the same influenza virus -- in dairy cattle have ... Dec. 17, 2024 — Despite national medical guidelines ...

The Mississippi State Department of Health confirmed the first pediatric flu death of the 2024-25 season on Friday, Jan. 24.

Could the threat of another worldwide pandemic be on the way? On Jan. 6, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the first American, a man in Louisiana, had died from severe avian ...

Scientists say the risk H5N1 will trigger a pandemic remains low. But if the bird flu virus infects a person who's already ...

Cat owners in Los Angeles County are on alert following the discovery of bird flu cases linked to a brand of pet food. This situation raises concerns about the safety of raw products for domestic ...

The bird flu claimed the life of a 65-year-old Louisiana resident who had underlying medical conditions. This is the first known human fatality caused by H5N1 avian influenza. The bird flu-related ...

A case of the avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, was confirmed in Caroline County, and it marks the first case of the H5N1 virus found at one of Maryland’s commercial poultry ...

On Jan. 6, 2025, Louisiana state health officials reported the first U.S. bird flu death. The person was older than 65, had underlying health problems and had been in contact with sick and dead ...

ANDREW PESCA IS WITH THE JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. H5N1 IS WHAT WE CALL AN AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS. IT’S RELATED TO THE HUMAN INFLUENZA VIRUSES THAT WE’RE STARTING TO HEAR ...

With reports of the first human death from bird flu in the US, some Americans are feeling an uncomfortable flashback to the early days of Covid-19, when infectious disease experts were talking ...

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. The Louisiana Department of Health said in a ...