Two backyard flocks in Louisiana have also tested positive for bird flu ... of different subtypes can combine in hosts, potentially leading to mutations that make H5N1 transmissible to humans.

Bird flu, also known as H5N1, continues to spread among U.S. livestock, driving up egg prices and worrying public health ...

D1.1 is the strain that killed a person in Louisiana and severely sickened a teenager in Canada. A version of the H5N1 bird flu virus that killed a person in Louisiana and severely sickened a ...

The H5N1 bird flu strain has infected humans and other animals in every continent except Australia, and scientists say it ...

More than 65 people have also been infected, including one Louisiana resident who died ... about the risks to people mount. Bird flu, also known as H5N1, is a variant of the influenza virus ...

CNN reports a Nevada dairy worker may have been infected by deadly D1.1 version of H5N1 ... bird flu that is circulating in wild birds and that led to the death of one person in Louisiana and ...

Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) maintains the risk of bird flu to be low for the general population, H5N1 ... although the Louisiana patient, an older individual ...