Louisiana has reported its first presumptive case of human bird flu (H5N1). The infected individual, currently hospitalized, ...

Among 61 people infected with bird flu in the U.S. this year, a Louisiana patient is the first to have "severe" disease ...

Three state agencies remain on alert after a third presumptive case of avian influenza — or bird flu — was found in a wild ...

Finding that vampire bats along Peru’s coast carried H5N1 antibodies raises concerns that multiple bat species could become ...

The death from bird flu of a person in Washington is a reminder that avian flu is circulating widely during flu season, ...

MATTHEW HATCHER/AFP / AFP via Getty Images As birds fly south for the winter, they’re carrying with them some unwelcome cargo: the H5N1 virus, or bird flu. In the past 30 days, the virus has struck 66 ...

Bird flu, or H5N1, has touched most of the globe, but there is one spot it hasn't reached. Researchers down under are preparing for it, but gaps in bird flu surveillance elsewhere makes it difficult.

A rural legal aid group is suing the California Department of Food and Agriculture for refusing to disclose the locations of dairies infected with H5N1 bird flu. More than half of the 70 confirmed ...

A person in the Washington State has died of avian influenza. It’s the first human death from bird flu in the U.S. since January—but the infection was of a different strain than the one that has been ...

On November 13, Spain's Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food imposed the confinement of all free-range poultry farms to curb the spread of avian influenza—more commonly known as "bird ...

After a Western Washington resident became the first human to contract a rare form of avian flu, you may be wondering if you’re at risk of getting sick.