The CDC says the risk of bird flu to the general public is low, but public health experts say they are worried the virus could mutate and become more transmissible.

We’re monitoring the situation very, very closely. We’ve never seen this many infections of non-bird species as we have in the U.S.," Johns Hopkins virologist Andrew Pekosz said.

As concerns over avian influenza have grown after a Louisiana man died from it earlier this week, there have been calls to ...

Robert Redfield, former CDC director, predicts bird flu would be “much more catastrophic than the COVID pandemic.” ...

The patient in Louisiana was older than 65 and was reported to have had underlying medical conditions, health officials said.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter best known as one-third of Peter, Paul and Mary, the folk-music trio whose impassioned harmonies transfixed millions as they lifted their voices ...

H5N1 has infected 66 people in the United States since early 2024, mostly causing mild illness. A Louisiana man was the first to get severely sick.

The first human death from bird flu in the United States has intensified calls for the government to ramp up efforts to stave ...

There have been four flu pandemics since the start of the 20th century. What we’ve learned—and why we still can’t predict the ...

At a time when North American bird populations are declining dramatically, the number of people watching them is increasing.

There is still a danger, however: a person in Louisiana recently became the first person in the country to die from H5N1. Louisiana health officials said the patient was over the age of 65 and had ...