NEW YORK – The first U.S. bird flu death has been reported — a person in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms. Louisiana health officials announced the death on Monday.

The death comes as multiple infectious diseases are surging throughout the US, including the 10th wave of the COVID-19 ...

The Louisiana Department of Health has confirmed the first human death caused by H5N1 avian influenza in the United States. The victim, a person over 65 years of age with pre-exist ...

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

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 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.

For influenza viruses, imperfection is a strength. They constantly mutate, producing new strains that challenge immune ...

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.

Bird flu was detected in a backyard flock in Clinton County, according to a news release Monday from the Iowa Department of ...

The attention being paid to a Chinese outbreak of a virus often confused with flu is a sign that respiratory infection ...

Health officials have said the person was older than 65, had underlying medical problems and had been in contact with sick and dead birds in a backyard flock.

The research has focused on a highly pathogenic influenza H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b virus, which has spread widely in cattle in the US this year and has also caused a few cases in humans, albeit mostly ...