While the exact number is difficult to gauge, there are approximately between 11,000 and 20,000 different bird species. Out of all these species, 12% of all living birds, approximately 1,200 species, ...

A 65-year-old patient has died of bird flu, Louisiana officials reported on Monday. The patient had underlying conditions and was likely infected by exposure to birds. This is the first death linked ...

A Louisiana resident has died after being hospitalized with bird flu, the state's health department announced Monday, marking the first U.S. death from the H5N1 virus. "The patient was over the age of ...

A person in Louisiana is hospitalized with what may be the state’s first case of bird flu, state health officials said Friday ...

BATON ROUGE, La. -- The first person has died of bird flu in the United States, the Louisiana Department of Health confirmed on Monday. The patient, who was exposed to non-commercial backyard flock ...

Among 61 people infected with bird flu in the U.S. this year, a Louisiana patient is the first to have "severe" disease ...

911 calls reveal confusion as dying Arkansas blackbirds plunge to death. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Jan. 5, 2011 — -- The mystery of the dying birds deepened for baffled experts after another 500 birds ...

Despite the spread of avian flu in wild bird populations, Louisiana's commercial poultry farms have not been affected by the virus. The USDA is implementing a five-pronged approach, including ...

Professor Sarah Michaels, a medical entomologist, began a recent class at Tulane University with a discussion about the cheapest eggs in town. Once an affordable source of protein, a dozen eggs — if ...

The first U.S. bird flu death has been reported — a person in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms. State health officials announced the death on Monday, and the ...