Bird flu, also known as avian influenza or H5N1, has infected more than 130 million birds over the past two years as it ...

The first human patient in the United States with a confirmed case of avian influenza has died, according to a press release ...

The first human bird flu death was reported out of Louisiana on Monday, Jan. 6. The same case was the first serious case of ...

The first human death from bird flu in the United States has intensified calls for the government to ramp up efforts to stave ...

The patient, who was older than 65 and had underlying medical conditions, was hospitalized weeks ago in critical condition ...

The first patient hospitalized with avian influenza in the United States has died in Louisiana, the state's department of ...

The LDH revealed that the patient was over age 65, had underlying medical conditions and contracted bird flu after exposure ...

The death in Louisiana — involving a person with underlying health conditions — is the first human case in the United States ...

Historically, bird flu has been a nasty bug to catch. Since it was first documented in the ‘90s, it has generally had a 50% ...

A patient in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with the first human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, ...

The patient was infected after contact with domestic and wild birds, specifically a non-commercial backyard flock and wild ...

Outside the United States, more than 950 cases of H5N1 bird flu have been reported to the World Health Organization; about ...