An older person in Louisiana exposed to bird flu from a backyard flock is now hospitalized with a "severe" case of avian influenza, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.

NEW YORK — The first U.S. bird flu death has been reported — a person in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms. State health officials announced the death on ...

Health officials in Louisiana said Monday that an individual has died from the H5N1 bird flu. The death is the first reported among humans in the United States related to the virus. The patient ...

Health officials in Louisiana said Monday that an individual has died from the H5N1 bird flu. The death is the first reported among humans in the United States related to the virus. The patient, who ...

Louisiana lawmakers learned Wednesday that they will have $139 million more to spend on next year’s budget after economists said the state's revenue outlook is in a bit better shape than ...

ST. LOUIS – Saint Louis University wants to pay you to catch the flu. The university’s Center for Vaccine Development is recruiting people for a study into pre-existing flu immunity in healthy ...

A bill to remove fluoride from public water systems failed Wednesday afternoon in the Louisiana legislature. (Elise Plunk/Louisiana Illuminator) A proposal to end the addition of fluoride from ...