The increase in cases in the state comes as a Louisiana man with underlying health conditions died from the disease on Monday ...

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.

The U.S. has reported its first death due to bird flu, aka H5N1. How deadly is H5N1? Experts discuss bird flu fatality rate amid ongoing outbreak.

H5N1 has infected 66 people in the United States since early 2024, mostly causing mild illness. A Louisiana man was the first to get severely sick.

There is still a danger, however: a person in Louisiana recently became the first person in the country to die from H5N1. Louisiana health officials said the patient was over the age of 65 and had ...

As the number of avian flu cases across the United States continues to soar, local agencies are warning people to stay away ...

Bird flu has claimed its first human in the United States, but health officials say the risk remains low and there are ...

The World Health Organisation has recorded more than 460 deaths of bird flu since 2003, but the Louisiana person was the ...

A deadly strain of the virus killed a patient in the US and left a teenager critically ill. The outbreak has raised concerns ...