Federal health officials have confirmed unsettling new details about the first United States case of severe bird flu, ...

The declaration of a state of emergency in California over avian influenza comes within days of the first severe human case ...

There have been reports of bird flu cases throughout the U.S. and one confirmed case in Louisiana. Here's what the CDC says ...

H5N1 usually spreads to people through contact with infected or dead birds, as with the Louisiana patient. Currently, there ...

Samples from the flock were tested at the Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, part of the National Animal Health ...

A person in Louisiana has the first severe illness caused by bird flu in the U.S., health officials said Wednesday.

State and federal officials have confirmed a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a backyard flock in Bossier Parish, ...

The Health (LDH) announced on December 13 the detection of the first presumptive positive human case of highly pathogenic ...

On Friday, the CDC confirmed a person from Louisiana had avian influenza A virus, H5N1, after they were exposed to sick and dead birds in a backyard flock, according to a CDC press release.

A Louisiana resident has been hospitalized with a severe case of H5N1 bird flu, also called avian influenza A, marking the ...

The unidentified patient is believed to have been infected through sick or dead birds not part of a commercial poultry flock.

The CDC has reported a case in Louisiana where the patient is hospitalized and had a history of exposure to backyard poultry ...