Bird flu continues to spread quickly through the U.S. farm system because that system is inherently a viral playground.

The Louisiana Department of Health has reported the first human case of West Nile virus this mosquito season, with the ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — The Louisiana Department of Health has confirmed the state's first human case of West Nile virus for 2025.

The health sector makes headlines with global reactions to bird flu impacting chicken exports and the ongoing narrative of ...

Some want to make sure that the egg producer is transparent about how that money would be spent.

Another batch of 900 arrived last week and some 900 more will soon make their way to the roughly 140-acre farm in Aquebogue, ...

Still, hundreds of ducks killed by hunters in Louisiana have tested positive for bird flu since 2022 when the outbreak began, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

A Louisiana resident has died after being hospitalized with bird flu, the state's health department announced Monday, marking the first U.S. death from the H5N1 virus.

Experts say this new strain is concerning but insist the risk to public is low, with no evidence of human to human spread.

Earlier this week, concerns over the virus grew when a patient in Louisiana died after being hospitalized with the first human case of bird flu. Officials from the Louisiana Department of Health ...

As of now, there has been one H5N1 bird flu death in the U.S., in Louisiana. The patient was over the age of 65 and had underlying medical conditions, according to the Louisiana Department of Health.

Jan. 7, 2025 – 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, which has increasingly been detected in ...