The bird flu virus found in a severely ill patient hospitalized in the US has mutated to become better adapted to human ...
The bird flu virus found in a severely ill patient hospitalized in the United States has mutated to become better adapted to ...
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 infection.
The virus has spread among dairy cattle, humans and other mammals. But officials say the current public health risk is low.