On Jan. 6, 2025, Louisiana state health officials reported the first U.S. bird flu death. The person was older than 65, had underlying health problems and had been in contact with sick and dead ...

CAROLINE COUNTY, Md. — A bird has tested positive for avian flu or bird flu at a Maryland poultry farm, the state's Department of Agriculture confirmed Friday. The case of highly pathogenic H5N1 ...

A dead wild bird in Austin was reported to have had bird flu, according to Austin Public Health and the Texas Department of State Health Services. H5N1 virus, or bird flu, is the influenza virus ...

Two people are sick and in isolation in Oakland County and nine others are being monitored after they had direct contact with H5N1 bird flu from an infected backyard flock, a spokesperson for ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The first human death from bird flu in the U.S. has occurred, according to health officials in Louisiana. The patient had been hospitalized with the first human case of ...

Other research has suggested that HMPV diverged from avian MPV about 300 years ago. Like all viruses, HMPV evolves over time. But its rate of evolution is relatively slow compared with some other ...

Not many people had heard of human metapneumovirus, or HPMV, until a surge of recent cases in China made headlines.

The rate of infections with the flu-like human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in northern China is declining, a health official said, amid some international concern over a potential pandemic BEIJING ...

BEIJING (AP) — The rate of infections with the flu-like human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in northern China is declining, a health official said Sunday, amid some international concern over a ...