While HPAI can potentially infect humans, the CDC says the current outbreak is primarily an animal health issue.

The Biden administration has released nearly $2bn to tackle the outbreak, the majority of which ($1.5m) allocated to the USDA ...

Egg prices are rising across the U.S. as producers recover from the flock losses suffered in the past two years amid bird flu.

The Louisiana case involved the D1.1 clade of H5N1, a strain circulating in wild birds and poultry. This variant differs from ...

Explore the implications of the first human death from H5N1 bird flu in the US and what it means for public health.

A patient who had been hospitalized with the first human case of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza in Louisiana has died ...

The first human bird flu death was reported out of Louisiana on Monday, Jan. 6. The same case was the first serious case of H5N1 in humans in the U.S.

Nearly a year into the first outbreak of the bird flu among cattle, the virus shows no sign of slowing. The U.S. government ...

As the H5N1 bird flu virus continues to rip throughout California's dairy herds and commercial poultry flocks, a Central Valley state official is raising concerns about the lack of wastewater ...

At least 66 people in the U.S. tested positive for the bird flu during 2024, including 63 cases that resulted from exposure ...

Since 2024, the U.S. has documented 66 human H5N1 cases, most of which were mild. However, a new genotype carried by migrating wild birds has caused severe infections, including one in Louisiana and ...

With 66 human cases and one death from bird flu in the current outbreak, there are several ways Americans could become sick.