The Louisiana patient was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu in the first death in the U.S. caused by the H5N1 virus ...

In today’s Health Alert, a new strain of bird flu - H5N9 - has been detected in the U.S. The first confirmed case was found ...

However, a patient recently made headlines in Louisiana ... H5N1 more opportunities to adapt. As a study found earlier in December, it will only take one single mutation to make bird flu much ...

"CDC is saddened by Louisiana’s report that a person previously hospitalized with severe avian influenza A(H5N1) illness ("H5N1 bird flu") has passed away," the agency said in a statement.

The first U.S. bird flu death has been reported — a person in Louisiana who had been hospitalized ... More than 460 people have died from versions of the H5N1 bird flu virus since 2003 ...

Scientists say the temporary freeze on communications from federal officials creates a troubling blind spot for those ...

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

While the H5N1 bird flu keep spreading, there has been for the first time ever a reported H5N9 outbreak in the United States. This occurred on a duck farm in California ...

H5N9 is a rare subtype of the influenza A virus that can cause highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), also known as bird ...

The H5N9 strain of avian influenza is much more rare than the H5N1 which has been responsible for most of the reported human ...

A California duck farm made headlines this week after the World Organization of Animal Health published a report by U.S.