The findings come at a time when outbreaks of bird flu -- a different subtype of the same influenza virus -- in dairy cattle have ... Dec. 17, 2024 — Despite national medical guidelines ...

Bird flu's unprecedented spread among livestock and other mammals in the U.S. has raised fears that another pandemic could be in store. The incoming Trump administration will have to prepare for ...

Here’s what the Washington State Department of Agriculture had to say. Why is the bird flu dangerous? According to Amber Itle, the state veterinarian at the WSDA, it’s important to understand ...

The bird flu claimed the life of a 65-year-old Louisiana resident who had underlying medical conditions. This is the first known human fatality caused by H5N1 avian influenza. The bird flu-related ...

Infectious disease experts who have been monitoring this latest wave of bird flu were not surprised when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Monday that the first person in ...

Avian influenza, or bird flu, is a broad term that refers to several types of influenza that normally infect birds. The bird flu that’s been making news in the United States is a virus called H5N1.

Eight months after bird flu infected cows across the nation, the first death from the disease was reported this week. The death occurred in Louisiana, and the victim "was over the age of 65 and ...

A Louisiana resident has died after being hospitalized with bird flu, the state's health department announced Monday, marking the first U.S. death from the H5N1 virus. "The patient was over the ...

The first human bird flu death was reported out of Louisiana on Monday, Jan. 6. The same case was the first serious case of H5N1 in humans in the U.S. The Louisiana Department of Health said in a ...