Bird flu, also called avian influenza, is a viral infection that can cause flu in birds and sometimes spread to mammals, including humans. Migrating waterfowl (wild ducks, geese, and storks) are ...

A person in Louisiana has the first severe illness caused by bird flu in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday. Officials determined the patient had exposure ...

SACRAMENTO -- California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Wednesday "to streamline and expedite the state's response" to bird flu. The declaration is a result of more cases being ...

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang has named Lt. Gen. Arthur Cordura as the new commanding general of the Philippine Air Force. This was confirmed in a letter of appointment dated December 16 and ...

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.

A patient in Louisiana has been hospitalized with a severe case of H5N1 bird flu, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, the first such case in the United States. The agency said ...

A young adult farmworker who was exposed to a poultry flock infected with the H5N1 bird flu in Barron County is the state's first presumptive case of the virus being reported in a human ...

You have reached your maximum number of articles. Log in or create an account FREE of charge to continue reading. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency due to H5N1, more ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Wednesday to combat bird flu, which has spread to more than a quarter of all the state's dairies in the last month and infected 34 state ...

Health officials on Wednesday confirmed the first “severe” case of bird flu in a person in the U.S. The person, who was hospitalized in Louisiana, had been in contact with sick and dead birds ...

The United States has now seen dozens of human bird flu cases this year, all of them mild—until now. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Wednesday that a patient in ...