The state of Louisiana identified a case of a domestic cat with bird flu in New Orleans, according to a spokesperson from the ...

"Cats (domestic and large felids) in particular can experience severe illness or death from infection with H5N1. Dogs can also contract H5N1, although they usually exhibit mild clinical signs and low ...

The first case of bird flu was confirmed in New Orleans last week after the H5N1 virus was detected in a house cat on Jan. 14, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.  The ...

The first human death from bird flu in the United States occurred on Jan. 6 in a Louisiana hospital, less than three weeks ...

As more cases of bird flu emerge across the country, public health leaders in New York City are watching warily -- and making ...

Egg prices expected to stay high because of limited supplies as the virus continues to infect commercial flocks nationwide.

A patient in Louisiana has died from avian influenza in what authorities consider to be the first severe H5N1 infection in a ...

When it comes to the growing potential for a bird flu outbreak, the key question is whether the new Trump administration has ...

When a pathogen — any organism that causes a disease — jumps species, scientists get nervous because its genetic makeup can ...

"The Chinese poultry lineage may have experienced more vaccine-driven selection compared to other lineages," the researchers wrote.

Could the threat of another worldwide pandemic be on the way? On Jan. 6, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the first American, a man in Louisiana, had died from severe avian ...

No person-to-person spread has been detected, but that doesn’t mean an H5N1 avian influenza pandemic isn’t possible or even ...