The bird flu virus circulating among cows, poultry and wild birds isn't yet a threat to the general public, but experts say ...

Two people are sick in Oakland County and nine others are being monitored after they had contact with H5N1 bird flu from an ...

The bird flu, also known as avian influenza and H5N1, was implicated in the first human death from the infectious disease on ...

The patient had been hospitalized with the first human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), or H5N1, in Louisiana.

The U.S. has experienced its first death from bird flu (H5N1). The death happened in a Louisiana patient who contracted H5N1 after being exposed to a combination of a non-commercial backyard flock and ...

In its announcement this week of the first human death from bird flu in the United States, health officials in Louisiana were ...

The first human death from bird flu in the United States was recently reported in Louisiana, sparking nationwide concern as ...

U.S. Senate Democrats raised concerns Wednesday that Republicans have scheduled a hearing for one of President-elect Donald ...

The death of a Louisiana resident who was over the age of 65 signals that future H5N1 infections are not guaranteed to be ...

Ella Jeffries is an editorial intern with Smithsonian magazine. The death of a Louisiana resident who was over the age of 65 signals that future H5N1 infections are not guaranteed to be mild, health e ...

A wastewater sample from the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission tested positive for H5 bird flu this week, according to WastewaterSCAN, a monitoring program based at Stanford University.

A ny time a person catches H5N1, or bird flu, their infection is a chance for the virus to mutate in the wrong direction.