The death in Louisiana — involving a person with underlying health conditions — is the first human case in the United States ...

The LDH revealed that the patient was over age 65, had underlying medical conditions and contracted bird flu after exposure ...

Rates of pertussis in the United States are surging, with more than 32,000 cases reported as of mid-December -- about s ...

Flu and COVID-19 case counts are high and rising in most parts of the United States, according to recent data by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). RSV case counts are also elevated ...

Case numbers of the infectious disease tularemia, also termed 'rabbit fever', have jumped in the United States over the past ...

The intervening years have both sped and crawled by, too busy at times to take stock of all that has changed, too plodding to ...

A patient in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with the first human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, ...

The person contracted the bird flu after exposure to a combination of a non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds.

The first person to have a severe case of H5N1 bird flu in the United States has died, according to the Louisiana Department ...

The patient, who was older than 65 and had underlying medical conditions, was hospitalized Dec. 18 in critical condition with severe respiratory illness.

A person in Louisiana who became severely ill with a bird flu virus known as H5N1 in December has passed away from the ...

Bird flu continues to spread across the United States after jumping from chickens and turkeys to cow milk and humans. The ...