The case was reported in a person from Livingston Parish. The person was hospitalized due to complications from the infection.

Since 2022, there have been 70 confirmed and probable human cases of bird flu in the U.S. One person in Louisiana, who was exposed to wild birds and a backyard flock, died.

All human infections reported so far had been mild until Wednesday when federal officials said a Louisiana resident ...

A Livingston Parish resident is hospitalized with West Nile virus. Here's how to protect yourself as the mosquito-borne threat grows statewide.

The Louisiana Department of Health has reported the first human case of West Nile virus this mosquito season, with the ...

LDH confirms Louisiana’s first human case of West Nile virus (WNV) of the 2025 mosquito season and urges all Louisianans to ...

Human cases of bird flu have plateaued since February of this year, and experts are wondering why. The U.S. hasn’t seen a new confirmed human bird flu case in nearly 4 months — why? Skip to ...

According to the Louisiana Department of Health, there were 57 cases in humans statewide in 2024. Three people died.

BATON ROUGE, La. — The Louisiana Department of Health has confirmed the state's first human case of West Nile virus for 2025.

The first case was recorded on May 16 at a farm in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. Avian flu has spread globally in recent years, leading to mass culling of poultry, some human deaths ...

North Dakota has had 39 documented bird flu cases in domestic flocks since the spring of 2022, with more than 440,000 birds lost, according to state and federal data.

Test results for a suspected bird flu outbreak on a commercial farm in the town of Anta Gorda in Rio Grande do Sul state came back negative, according to an analysis of samples released by the ...