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

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

There is still a danger, however: a person in Louisiana recently became the first person in the country to die from H5N1.

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

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

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

The Louisiana patient was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu in the first death in the U.S. caused by the H5N1 virus ...

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

A person in Louisiana who was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu has died.

The case in Louisiana is the first human death from bird flu in the U.S. during this current outbreak, but there was a death ...

But, fatalities are not uncommon with H5N1 infections overall. According to data collected by the WHO, there have been 954 documented cases between 2003 and 2024. Of those, 464 were fatal, leading to ...

The patient was infected after contact with domestic and wild birds, specifically a non-commercial backyard flock and wild ...