The U.S. has recorded its first fatal case of H5N1 bird flu, in a person from Louisiana who contracted the virus from ...

A patient in Louisiana has died of bird flu. Health authorities considered the case to be the first severe H5N1 infection in ...

Health experts told Newsweek about the threats posed by the viruses and shared the best ways to protect oneself.

The first severe human case of bird flu was recently reported in the U.S. Here are some ways the U.S. may be repeating the ...

Nationally, 17 million birds have been exposed to avian flu, but Kansas health officials said the risk to the general public remains low.

The U.S. government failed to eliminate the virus on dairy farms when it was confined to a handful of states. Now at least ...

The rise of bird flu across farms in California has raised questions about the virus and its potential threat to humans.

Cook would drive west to San Francisco, where he and his wife, Donna, lived the other half of the year. Come April, he’d return, as would the birds. “I like being back here with the eagles,” he said.

The HPAI H5N1 virus has spread globally, infecting birds, mammals, and some humans. Most human cases are mild.

As the seasonal flu picks up, there are even more opportunities for the bird flu to acquire mutations as the different influenza viruses mix.

An estimated 200 snow geese discovered in parts of the Lehigh Valley are suspected by the Pennsylvania Game Commission to have died from bird flu. Test results are awaiting confirmation by the ...

Public health officials have warned that new mutations of bird flu with human flu could have dangerous consequences.