"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 Louisiana patient was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu in the first death in the U.S. caused by the H5N1 virus ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. (Louisiana Illuminator) – The State of Louisiana identified a case of a domestic cat with bird flu in New Orleans, according to a spokesperson from the city’s Health Department and ...

The case in Louisiana is the first human death from bird flu in the U.S. during this current outbreak, but there was a death in Mexico back in May 2024 in a patient with no known exposure to farm ...

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

A patient who was hospitalized with the first human case of pathogenic avian influenza, or H5N1, in Louisiana and the United ...

For the first time, birds in a Wayne County backyard flock have been sickened by the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza ...

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

Customers in Louisiana and nationwide are dealing with egg prices going up and sparsely populated aisles at the grocery store ...

A man in Louisiana has become the first person ever to die of H5N1 bird flu in the United States. The patient, a 65-year-old with underlying health conditions, tested positive for the virus in ...

A Louisiana patient has died from bird flu. It's the first bird flu death in the US. Public health risk remains low, officials report.

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 ...