Early this month, the state health department announced that a person in Louisiana died from the bird flu, also known as H5N1.

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.

Yolo County officials confirmed on Thursday the presence of the highly contagious bird flu known as H5N1 in a backyard poultry flock.

Despite the havoc it is wreaking on the farm, health officials say the risk of the public getting sick is minimal.

Some areas of Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area in Clay Township may close during prime snow geese viewing season this year if large numbers of birds are found sick or ...

A number of bird flu cases have been reported in the Chicago area in recent weeks, leading to many questions about how quickly the virus is spreading and how worried residents should be.

Seven cases of H5N1 avian flu have been reported in Michigan since Dec. 16. The first case was discovered at a poultry ...

Avian flu is a common illness among birds, but it can spread to humans and other mammals. The virus is shed through ...

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

Seven Delmarva-region commercial operations have now reported cases of the highly contagious virus.

A patient in Louisiana has died from avian influenza in what authorities consider to be the first severe H5N1 infection in a ...

For the first time since the 2022 countrywide outbreak, bird flu hit a poultry producer in Georgia, the nation’s top state ...