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.
A person hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu has died, marking the first fatality linked to the currently circulating infection ...
H5N1 remains a major threat to poultry and wild bird populations, leading to large-scale culling of domestic fowl in many ...
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 ...
The death comes as multiple infectious diseases are surging throughout the US, including the 10th wave of the COVID-19 ...
The bird flu, also known as avian influenza and H5N1, was implicated in the first human death from the infectious disease on ...
The first human death from H5N1 in the United States is an event of historical significance, laying bare the destructive ...
A death due to H5N1 bird flu infection has been confirmed in Louisiana. This is the first such case in the USA, according to ...
As the first bird flu death in the U.S. sparks concern over the ongoing spread of the virus, epidemiologist and ...
Two months shy of the fifth anniversary of COVID-19 being declared a global pandemic, the US has recorded its first human ...
The first person to have a severe case of H5N1 bird flu in the United States has died, according to the Louisiana Department ...
That would give the virus a 50% case fatality rate ... the CDC called the death tragic but said that this single case had not raised the threat level from H5N1.“CDC has carefully studied ...