An infectious disease expert says the relatively mild cases of avian influenza detected so far among dairy workers don’t ...

Expert says H5N1 bird flu outbreak in US is unlikely to cause a pandemic due to low risk of human-to-human transmission and universal mild symptoms.

The death comes at a time when the H5N1 virus has recently undergone an unusual mutation that is causing concern to the World ...

Many different species of wild birds can be infected with HPAI. Geese and other waterfowl are particularly susceptible to ...

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 ...

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

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 ...