Those most likely to get infected are usually people who are in close contact with birds, such as poultry workers. The strains that can impact humans include A (H5N1) or A (H7N9), with H5N1 ...

America should have more aggressively intervened almost a year ago.

A variant of the virus caused disease in people in 1997, when there was a small but deadly outbreak in Hong Kong. Eighteen ...

In its announcement this week of the first human death from bird flu in the United States, health officials in Louisiana were ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom has issued a state of emergency in response to a bird flu outbreak. California is in a state of emergency due to a recent bird flu outbreak. As residents grapple with ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) maintains that the virus that sickened the Louisiana patient matched a ...

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

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

Since March of last year, the U.S. has reported 66 bird flu infections, primarily mild cases among farmworkers exposed to sick poultry or dairy cows.

H5N1 - has led to the first known casualty. While there is no known cure, the CDC does recommend methods to protect yourself.

The Louisiana patient who contracted what officials said was the nation’s first “severe” case of avian influenza has died, ...

The Department of Health and Human Services Jan. 3 announced it is awarding approximately $306 million to support the federal ...