Public health experts share concerns that the H5N1 bird flu outbreak could turn into a pandemic. What to know after Louisiana resident died in January.

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 ...

An older person in Louisiana exposed to bird flu from a backyard flock is now hospitalized with a "severe" case of avian influenza, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.

A Louisiana man has become the first person in the United States to die of avian influenza, state health officials reported Monday. The patient, who was older than 65 and had underlying medical ...

A patient in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with the first human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI, or bird flu), has died, health officials announced on Monday. The death was ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has repeatedly questioned the safety of mRNA technology, which is used in the ...

The first positive bird flu case among domestic poultry in New Jersey since 2023 was discovered at a live bird market in ...

The bird flu virus remains a wild card that continues to threaten U.S. poultry and egg supplies while upping the ante with risk to human health.

Ostriches on a British Columbia farm have died of the avian flu. Canada ordered hundreds of others to be culled. But two top ...

The patient in Louisiana was infected with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, which is a virus that can infect both birds and mammals. The virus in this particular patient revealed genetic ...