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.  The ...

H5N1 avian influenza continues to spread amid commercial and backyard poultry, and additional cases have been reported in domestic cats ...

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.

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

When a pathogen — any organism that causes a disease — jumps species, scientists get nervous because its genetic makeup can ...

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

Georgia is the nation's largest poultry producing state. Last week, bird flu was found for the first time in a commercial poultry plant in the state.

President-elect says he has ordered inauguration and speeches to take place in the Capitol Rotunda ‘as used by Ronald Reagan in 1985’ ...

Michigan expert explains risks and research efforts as bird flu resurges, affecting poultry and cattle statewide.

Customers in Louisiana and nationwide are dealing with egg prices going up and sparsely populated aisles at the grocery store ...