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

Thailand has no H5N1 outbreaks, advises precautions amid US cases. Monitor health and avoid contact with sick animals.

How deadly is the bird flu? The US has reported its first death from avian influenza, H5N1. Here's what to know about bird ...

We’re monitoring the situation very, very closely. We’ve never seen this many infections of non-bird species as we have in the U.S.," Johns Hopkins virologist Andrew Pekosz said.

Louisiana has reported the first U.S. fatality from avian influenza. Most of the country’s human cases have been mild ...

The patient in Louisiana was older than 65 and was reported to have had underlying medical conditions, health officials said.

A Louisiana patient is the first person in the United States to die as a result of H5N1 infection. One expert likens what ...

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

There have been four flu pandemics since the start of the 20th century. What we’ve learned—and why we still can’t predict the ...

New research led by La Jolla Institute for Immunology scientists on the H5N1 virus, or “bird flu,” suggests that many people ...

The Louisiana Department of Health announced the first U.S. human death caused by the deadly bird flu virus, also known as ...