Two months shy of the fifth anniversary of COVID-19 being declared a global pandemic, the US has recorded its first human death as a result of avian influenza H5N1 infection. The unidentified Louisiana man contracted the virus through contact with infected wild and domestic birds on his property

Louisiana has reported the first U.S. fatality from avian influenza. Most of the country’s human cases have been mild

There is no risk to human health from a bird flu outbreak in Angus, Scotland's chief veterinary officer has said. Sheila Voas said the public did not need to be concerned and that precautions were being taken to keep people safe.

Horses carry their own form of flu virus, and researchers say that if the two viruses combine, the consequences are unknown