Federal health officials say that not only has a Louisiana resident contracted the first severe case of bird flu in the U.S., ...
The CDC stressed there has been no known transmission of the virus from the Louisiana patient to anyone else. The agency said its findings about the mutations were “concerning,” but the risk to the ...
The agency, in its latest update released Thursday, said the mutations were not found in samples taken from wild birds, suggesting the virus changed over the course of the patient’s ...
Health experts said while the new finding is concerning, it is not a cause for alarm as the virus has been causing sporadic, ...
Scientists are issuing warnings after a bird flu patient showed mutations that could increase the transmission of the virus.
Tiny genetic alterations could help the bird flu virus enter cells in the upper respiratory tract, the C.D.C. said. But there ...
The genetic analysis of the H5N1 avian flu virus in specimens from the nation's first severely ill hospitalized patient in ...
Samples from a hospitalized patient in Louisiana show changes that could make the H5N1 virus spread more easily between ...
A genetic analysis of the H5N1 bird flu in a Louisiana patient reveals potential mutations for human transmissibility, says ...
Birx added that her greatest fear is someone getting infected with bird flu during the regular seasonal flu, potentially ...
Previously, the first severe case was confirmed in the US in a Louisiana resident over the age of 65 who was experiencing respiratory issues. Louisiana was infected with the D1.1 strain of the virus, ...
While the risk of infection to the general public remains low, the recent rise in human cases linked to backyard flocks has raised concerns.