Bird migration has resulted in outbreaks of the avian flu in domestic and wild birds. The H5N1 virus is the major strain circulating among wild birds worldwide, and emerged in China in the late 1990s.

A woman has died from H3N8 bird flu in China, the World Health Organization reported Tuesday—the first known human fatality from the avian influenza strain.

Bird flu death recorded in China, says WHO. Published: Apr. 12, 2023, 1:14 p.m. ... Because bird flu has been proliferating widely, the WHO said future sporadic human cases are expected.

With reports of the first human death from bird flu in the US, some Americans are feeling an uncomfortable flashback to the early days of Covid-19, when infectious disease experts were talking ...

A woman in China has become the first person in the world to die from a strain of bird flu rarely found in humans, the World Health Organization confirmed Wednesday, as concerns grow over the risk ...

Bird flu in China. As of March 14, ... (H7N9), a subtype of influenza viruses first reported in China in March 2013. More than 160 deaths have been reported since October. ...

A Louisiana patient who had been hospitalized with bird flu has died of the disease, the Louisiana Department of Public Health reported Monday.. The patient, the first in the U.S. to die from bird ...

On Tuesday, the first death of a human bird flu patient was reported in Louisiana. The patient was over the age of 65 and had underlying medical conditions, according to health officials.

Cambodia registered its fifth bird flu death this year after a 52-year-old man died from the virus, the health ministry said ...

Cambodia late last week reported its sixth case and fifth death from H5N1 avian flu this year, according to the country's ...

Dr. Fiona Havers, who studied medicine at the University of Washington, says the wholesale dismissal of the CDC's scientific advisers crossed the line for her.

With reports of the first human death from bird flu in the US, some Americans are feeling an uncomfortable flashback to the early days of Covid-19, when infectious disease experts were talking ...