Louisiana health authorities on Monday reported the first human death in the United States linked to bird flu, while noting the patient had underlying medical conditions and that general risks to the ...

The recent detection of a new strain of H5N1 bird flu in US dairy herds has raised alarms among scientists. A US Department of Agriculture report noted that the D1.1 genotype has a mutation that may ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 27—ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Department of Health is investigating a human rabies death in a person over 65 years of age who ...

The Pan American Health Organization is reporting another human death from the bird flu. As of August, there have been 76 human cases and two deaths in five countries in the Americas, according to the ...

Louisiana patient was over 65 with underlying health conditions Nearly 70 people in US have contracted bird flu since April Most cases have been mild, risk to general public remains low Jan 6 (Reuters ...

— The Minnesota Department of Health is investigating a human rabies death in a person over 65 years of age who had exposure to a bat in western Minnesota in July. This is Minnesota's fourth case of ...