As more cases of bird flu emerge across the country, public health leaders in New York City are watching warily -- and making ...

The state of Louisiana identified a case of a domestic cat with bird flu in New Orleans, according to a spokesperson from the ...

The first person has died of bird flu in the United States, the Louisiana Department of Health confirmed on Monday. The ...

The avian influenza prevention zone (AIPZ) is being extended to mitigate the risk of further outbreaks of the disease ...

"Cats (domestic and large felids) in particular can experience severe illness or death from infection with H5N1. Dogs can also contract H5N1, although they usually exhibit mild clinical signs and low ...

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 ...

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 in Mexico back in May 2024 in a patient with no known exposure to farm ...

"The Chinese poultry lineage may have experienced more vaccine-driven selection compared to other lineages," the researchers wrote.

The first case of bird flu was confirmed in New Orleans last week after the H5N1 virus was detected in a house cat on Jan. 14, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.  The ...

A U.S. patient who had been hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu has died, the Louisiana Department of Health said on Monday, marking the country's first reported human death from the virus.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging health care workers to accelerate bird flu testing for patients ...

A Louisiana patient has died from bird flu. It's the first bird flu death in the US. Public health risk remains low, officials report.