The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified mutations in the H5N1 bird flu virus that may increase ...
CDC image The virus has been causing sporadic ... The Louisiana patient was hospitalized in critical condition with severe ...
A genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the first severe case of the ...
A new mutation and the first severe case of H5N1 bird flu discovered in a human in Louisiana has raised concern among some ...
The virus in the first severe human bird flu case in the U.S. was found to have mutated. Newsweek's live blog is closed.
Initial state and local tests for bird flu were inconclusive, and the county sent a sample to the CDC for testing. In the meantime, the county announced that the child had consumed unpasteurized ...
In a statement to NBC News, the CDC said that while Louisiana is leading the investigation, the agency “will be conducting confirmatory testing.” Bird flu has been infecting dairy cows in the ...
Although human infections in the United States have been rare, according to the CDC, bird flu has infected 60 people since April. Bird flu is a disease caused by a family of flu viruses primarily ...