The patient was infected after contact with domestic and wild birds, specifically a non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds he raised at home.

"The Chinese poultry lineage may have experienced more vaccine-driven selection compared to other lineages," the researchers ...

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 ...

A Louisiana patient is the first person in the United States to die as a result of H5N1 infection. One expert likens what ...

the Louisiana Department of Public Health reported Monday. The patient, the first in the U.S. to die from bird flu, also known as H5N1, was over 65 and reported to have underlying medical conditions.

Public health officials are sounding the alarm after bird flu mutations ... virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the country's first severe cases of H5N1. The agency said ...

The case in Louisiana is the first human death from bird flu in the U.S. during this current outbreak, but there was a death in Mexico back in May 2024 in a patient with no known exposure to farm ...

However, a patient recently made headlines in Louisiana ... H5N1 more opportunities to adapt. As a study found earlier in December, it will only take one single mutation to make bird flu much ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today released an advisory recommending clinicians expedite subtyping of type ...

Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that hospitals speed up testing people who are ...

Since early 2024, the U.S. has logged 66 human cases of H5N1. Scientists are keeping a watchful eye on the virus’s spread as we enter a new year.

told Salon H5N1 and other avian influenza viruses are a type A influenza virus. "We do need subtype confirmation to make sure it's ‘H5,’ and sub-type testing is not widely accessible." ...