First U.S. fatality from bird flu reported in Louisiana
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…
US reports first bird-flu case in a child
WASHINGTON – A child in California has become the first in the United States to test positive for bird flu infection, authorities said Friday, as health officials offered checks and…
UK confirms bird flu cases at commercial poultry farm
Britain said on Sunday it had confirmed a strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus in commercial poultry at premises near the town of St Ives in southwest England. All…
France raises bird flu risk to high as EU cases spread
PARIS – France has stepped up its bird flu risk assessment to ‘high’ from ‘moderate’, it said on Friday in a decree that will trigger reinforced security measures around poultry…