Backyard chicken enthusiasts are keeping an eye on alerts from the state’s health and agricultural departments after a person ...

An infectious disease expert says the relatively mild cases of avian influenza detected so far among dairy workers don’t ...

The CDC is calling for expanded testing of bird flu after a child in California tested positive for the virus despite no ...

Staying a step ahead of the avian influenza virus with surveillance, testing and research could mean the difference between a ...

A patient who was hospitalized with the first human case of pathogenic avian influenza, or H5N1, in Louisiana and the United States has died. According to the Louisiana Department of Health ...

The Louisiana patient who contracted what officials said was the nation’s first “severe” case of avian influenza has died, the state health department said Monday. The person who contracted the H5N1 ...

The announcement follows shortly after the US Centres for Disease Control (CDC) confirmed the first US death from H5N1 at a Louisiana ... known as bird flu or avian influenza, H5N1 is a zoonotic ...

The first human death, a Louisiana patient who had been hospitalized ... USDA tracks and provides an early warning system of avian influenza virus concerns in the United States.

This health risk report comes after news that the first patient who was hospitalized, and who was the first human case of avian influenza, in Louisiana has died. The patient was over 65 years old ...

Customers in Louisiana and nationwide are dealing with egg prices going up and sparsely populated aisles at the grocery store ...

Public-health officials are now comparing the genetic features of the teen’s case with that of a Louisiana patient whose ...