The death comes at a time when the H5N1 virus has recently undergone an unusual mutation that is causing concern to the World Health Organization.

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy met with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. but won't say if he'll vote for Donald Trump's choice to run the U.S. health department.

We don’t have answers for all the deadly infectious diseases in the world, a fact made painfully clear Monday as Louisiana reported the nation’s first human death from H5N1, a

BATON ROUGE, La. -- The first person has died of bird flu in the United States, the Louisiana Department of Health confirmed on Monday. The patient, who was exposed to non-commercial backyard ...

A patient in Louisiana who contracted a severe case of the bird flu virus H5N1 has died from the infection. This makes them the first known bird flu death

The first human patient in the United States with a confirmed case of avian influenza has died, according to a press release from the Louisiana Department of Health. The individual was older than 65 years and had underlying medical conditions and remains the only known human case in the state.

The patient was over age 65 and had underlying medical conditions. The first person has died of bird flu in the United States, the Louisiana Department of Health confirmed on Monday. The patient ...

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

At Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, lawmakers from Washington D.C. celebrated the start of their “Newborn Essential Support Toolkits” program.

The bird flu, also known as avian influenza and H5N1, was implicated in the first human death from the infectious disease on January 6. But still, no human-to-human transmission has been reported.

It didn't take long for Kentucky lawmakers to file some controversial bills - including one requiring the Ten Commandments in classrooms.