Doctors say the case of a teen left in critical condition shows H5N1 "can cause severe human illness." Mutations in the virus are deepening concerns about the spread of H5N1.

The CDC just confirmed the first US-based severe human case of bird flu in Louisiana. Currently hospitalized, the patient was ...

The virus has spread among dairy cattle, humans and other mammals. But officials say the current public health risk is low.

“The risk to members of the general public who do not have exposure to infected ... Experts say it’s unlikely this specific ...

You’ve probably been hearing a lot about bird flu lately.It’s killed millions of chickens, driving up the price of eggs. It’s ...

Even though the general risk of catching bird flu is low ... recommends that people stay away from sick or dead birds or ...

However, there is no evidence that bird flu can be transmitted from human to human. The World Health Organization does not currently list the bird flu outbreak as a global health emergency.

A man in Louisiana has been hospitalized due to a severe case of bird flu H5N1 ... avian influenza A viruses generally do not cause infections in humans, isolated cases of human infections ...

By April, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed a bird flu case in a human exposed to dairy ... Researchers will benefit if others do the same, says Pritt.

President-elect Donald Trump must contend with the H5N1 bird flu virus circulating among livestock, which experts fear could ...

The U.S. isn't fully capturing spread in pets like cats, compared to surveillance for livestock and people, said the study’s senior author, Suresh Kuchipudi, a professor and chair of infectious ...