But, fatalities are not uncommon with H5N1 infections overall. According to data collected by the WHO, there have been 954 documented cases between 2003 and 2024. Of those, 464 were fatal, leading to ...

A person in Louisiana who was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu has died.

The U.S. has reported its first death due to bird flu, aka H5N1. How deadly is H5N1? Experts discuss bird flu fatality rate amid ongoing outbreak.

Though H5N1 has been circulating nationwide in wild birds, domestic poultry, and mammals since 2022, you may have only been ...

Should it spread from person to person, the level of public health concern would significantly increase. "CDC's overall assessment of the immediate risk to the public's health from H5N1 bird flu ...

The CDC has declared the first “severe” case of H5N1 bird flu in the U.S., according to a press release published Wednesday. The good news? The person who contracted the virus appears to have ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has so far confirmed 52 human cases of bird flu—otherwise known ... that "the likelihood of spreading H5N1 to humans is low." ...

Health officials in Louisiana say a person there has died after catching bird flu. This marks the first reported death in the ...

Just hours after the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ... gums. H5N1 is one of the more common bird flu strains to make the jump from birds to humans. The infected birds spread ...