A person in Louisiana contracted the nation's first serious human case of avian influenza, or bird flu, and was admitted to the hospital in recent days, according to the Centers for Disease ...

The declaration of a state of emergency in California over avian influenza comes within days of the first severe human case of bird flu in the U.S. California officials have declared a state of ...

Avian flu, also known as Type A H5N1, is highly transmissible and usually mild disease in geese, swans and seagulls as well as domestic birds such as chickens and turkeys. (CDC/Darryl Dyck/The ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, has been detected on commercial farms in California and other parts of the U.S. The most recent outbreak of the highly transmissible strain of bird flu ...

Louisiana is the latest state to report a possible case of bird flu in a human, according to the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH). This brings the total number of human cases of avian ...

A total count of 95 cases of bird flu among wild birds in the United States have been cited by the agency over that same time period. Bird flu, also know as H5N1 or avian influenza, is a highly ...

On Wednesday the CDC said that a patient has been hospitalized with a severe case of the avian influenza virus, or the "bird flu," in Louisiana. This case was confirmed by the CDC on Friday ...

Avian or bird flu was detected in Hamilton, Catoosa, Walker and Dade counties, according to wastewater data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for Dec. 1 through Dec.

Dec. 19, 2024 A fast-growing outbreak of avian flu has upended California’s dairy industry, the nation’s largest producer of milk, infecting most of the state’s herds and putting thousands ...