State and federal health officials are warning the public about two ongoing health concerns affecting Louisiana residents: ...

Researchers are not just worried about the virus popping up on American farms. Other types are causing trouble around the ...

At the start of 2025, health officials in Louisiana reported the first U.S. bird flu death and experts questioned whether ...

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: New bird flu variant found in dairy cattle. Can H5N1 be transmitted to humans?

Most reported mortalities have been detected in southwest Louisiana, where fall bird migrations have contributed to a ...

Researchers at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have identified a few instances of asymptomatic human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus. Widespread in wild birds ...

The H5N1 avian influenza virus—commonly known as bird flu—has been causing outbreaks in dairy cows in the United States since March 2024. Now, scientists studying the adaptation of the avian H5N1 ...

Two people are sick in Oakland County and nine others are being monitored after they had contact with H5N1 bird flu from an ...