Bird flu virus likely mutated within Louisiana patient who became severely ill, CDC says
A genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the nation’s first severe ...
Louisiana flu cases among the highest in the country
Chances are you know someone who is sick right now, and it could be because Louisiana has one of the highest number of flu ...
Bird flu virus in Louisiana patient likely mutated to be more transmissible, CDC says
The agency, in its latest update released Thursday, said the mutations were not found in samples taken from wild birds, ...
Bird flu virus probably mutated in Louisiana patient, CDC says
The CDC said Thursday its analysis of samples from a Louisiana patient with bird flu showed mutations not seen in samples ...
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CDC Calls Bird Flu Mutations Inside Louisiana Man 'Concerning,' Could Make It More Transmittable
A genetic analysis of the bird flu in the body of a Louisiana man who contracted the first severe case found it mutated ...
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Flu surges in Louisiana as health department barred from promoting flu shots
Flu season is ramping up across the US, but Louisiana—the state that has reportedly barred its health department from promoting flu shots, as well as COVID-19 and mpox vaccines—is leading the ...
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Bird flu mutations found in Louisiana patient
There's a new concern that the virus could evolve to spread from human to human.
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As Louisiana pulls back on promoting COVID, flu shots, state's vaccination rates remain low
As state health officials scale back their public promotion of flu and COVID shots, federal data show that Louisiana's vaccination rates are lower than much of the country. According to mid ...
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What is bird flu, and how did it get to a Louisiana patient? Here's how it spreads to humans.
A patient in Louisiana is the first in the U.S. with a “severe” case of bird flu that has been linked to wild and domestic birds, federal authorities confirmed this week. The patient is over ...
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Louisiana reports first severe bird flu illness in US
THE COUNTRY. THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS NOW DETECTED THE FIRST POSSIBLE HUMAN CASE OF BIRD FLU IN THE SOUTHWESTERN REGION OF OUR STATE. SO THE STATE DEPARTMENT IS PARTNERING WITH THE ...