The declaration of a state of emergency in California over avian influenza comes within days of the first severe human case ...

There have been reports of bird flu cases throughout the U.S. and one confirmed case in Louisiana. Here's what the CDC says ...

H5N1 usually spreads to people through contact with infected or dead birds, as with the Louisiana patient. Currently, there ...

Samples from the flock were tested at the Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, part of the National Animal Health ...

Testing has confirmed a case of avian influenza in a backyard flock in Bossier Parish, Louisiana. The backyard flock owner ...

A southwestern Louisiana resident has been hospitalized with the first presumptive human case of Bird Flu. Here's what to ...

Federal health officials have attributed the deaths of birds in a “backyard flock” in Bossier Parish to the strain of avian ...

State and federal officials have confirmed a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a backyard flock in Bossier Parish, ...

A person in Louisiana has the first severe illness caused by bird flu in the U.S., health officials said Wednesday.

The Health (LDH) announced on December 13 the detection of the first presumptive positive human case of highly pathogenic ...

Louisiana became the 50th state to have a confirmed case on Dec. 16 in a three-year outbreak that has killed 124 million ...

On Friday, the CDC confirmed a person from Louisiana had avian influenza A virus, H5N1, after they were exposed to sick and dead birds in a backyard flock, according to a CDC press release.