H5N1 usually spreads to people through contact with infected or dead birds, as with the Louisiana patient. Currently, there ...

Among 61 people infected with bird flu in the U.S. this year, a Louisiana patient is the first to have "severe" disease ...

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

The Health (LDH) announced on December 13 the detection of the first presumptive positive human case of highly pathogenic ...

A second case of avian influenza, also known as the bird flu, has been detected in a backyard flock in southwest Louisiana, ...

A southwestern Louisiana resident has been hospitalized with the first presumptive human case of Bird Flu. Here's what to ...

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) confirmed the first case of "severe" avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, less ...

A person in Louisiana has the first severe illness caused by bird flu in the U.S., health officials said Wednesday.

Wild aquatic birds, including ducks, geese, swans and gulls, can spread the virus, often without showing symptoms of being ...

New Zealand has said the outbreak of H7N6 bird flu virus has been contained to a single site in the southern region of Otago.

The declaration of a state of emergency in California over avian influenza comes within days of the first severe human case ...

In a case first reported in Louisiana, a patient has now developed the first known case of bird flu so severe as to require ...