Bird Flu Risk Remains Low, Despite First Reported Death
The bird flu, also known as avian influenza and H5N1, was implicated in the first human death from the infectious disease on January 6. But still, no human-to-human transmission has been reported.
First US Human Death From H5N1 Bird Flu Reported
Authorities have confirmed the first human death in the United States caused by highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), or H5N1. The announcement was made by the Louisiana Department of Health on Monday,
Infectious Disease Doctors Concerned About the First U.S. Bird Flu Death
The U.S. has experienced its first death from H5N1 bird flu. Here’s what happened, plus how concerned you should be, according to doctors.
Officials Report the First Human Death From Bird Flu in the U.S. Here's What to Know About the Virus
The United States has reported its first human death from H5N1 bird flu, marking a somber moment in the ongoing outbreak of the virus. The Louisiana Department of Health announced in a statement on Monday that a patient over the age of 65,
Louisiana Person Is First Bird Flu-Linked Death in U.S.
A person in Louisiana exposed to bird flu by a backyard flock has died. This marks the first U.S. human death linked to H5N1 avian flu.
First bird flu death in the U.S.: Here’s what you need to know about the virus
Louisiana health officials announced that a person hospitalized last month with a severe case of avian influenza — also known as H5N1 bird flu — died. This is the first human death from bird flu in the U.
11 Oakland Co. residents monitored after flock infected with H5N1 bird flu; 2 people sick
Last month, state health officials detected bird flu in a backyard flock in Jackson County, plus two commercial poultry ...
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HPAI case confirmed in Clinton County, Iowa
Iowa has its first detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza in 2025. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land ...
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Biosecurity practices help prevent, contain spread of HPAI
For most of 2024, Arkansas was spared from the spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, HPAI, also known as bird flu. In December, however, the virus was confirmed in six Arkansas backyard poultry ...
From Birds to Humans: How Hidden Mutations Are Driving the H5N1 Crisis
In light of the ongoing global spread of the H5N1 avian influenza, U.S. public health experts are reassured that current ...
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Public health experts outline critical steps in handling HPAI H5N1 spread
Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza A virus (HPAI H5N1) remains a low risk to the general public, and public health ...
Bird flu FAQ: Everything you need to know about the H5N1 outbreak that’s spread to dairy cows in 9 states
Though H5N1 has been circulating nationwide in wild birds, domestic poultry, and mammals since 2022, you may have only been ...
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H5N1 killed 4 big cats in Nagpur zoo. Why this bird flu spillover in mammals is a big red flag
Three tigers and a leopard had died at the Balasaheb Thackeray Gorewada Zoological Park late December. That they succumbed to ...
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Human protein MxA restricts H5N1, but virus mutations raise alarms
Human MxA protein suppresses mammalian H5N1 virus replication, but emerging mutations may enable partial evasion, raising ...
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H5N1: FDA advises against the consumption of raw milk
A patient has been hospitalized with a severe case of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus ("H5N1 bird flu") infection in Louisiana.
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H5N1 virus re-emerges in European mammals
Foxes in Norway and Slovenia are among the latest victims of the virus. Over the past week, notifications from national ...
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Unpasteurized milk will now be tested in effort to tackle H5N1 in dairy cattle
Per the USDA announcement, as part of the new federal order, it will now be required that 1: Raw milk samples be shared, upon ...