A pandemic is not inevitable, scientists say. But the outbreak has passed worrisome milestones in recent weeks, including ...
A Louisiana patient who had been hospitalized with the first human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or H5N1, in Louisiana and the U.S. has died, the state's health department ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today released an advisory recommending clinicians expedite subtyping of type ...
Avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, refers to several types of influenza that typically infect birds. But certain variants, such as H5N1, have raised alarm among health ... virus, ...
According to the CDC, 66 humans have been infected with H5N1 in the last year. On Friday, the San Francisco Department of Public Health ... a type A influenza virus. "We do need subtype ...
Detected on a duck farm in Merced County, California, it’s the first confirmed case of H5N9 in poultry in the US. Read more ...
One person infected with the bird flu died in Louisiana on Jan. 6. The patient was over 65 and became ill after contact with ...