The agency, in its latest update released Thursday, said the mutations were not found in samples taken from wild birds, ...

A genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the first severe case of the ...

Samples from a hospitalized patient in Louisiana show changes that could make the H5N1 virus spread more easily between ...

The CDC has confirmed a total of 66 human cases of bird flu across the United States as of Friday, although the number is ...

Genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus has the capacity to mutate in ways that could make it more transmissible to ...

The virus has spread among dairy cattle, humans and other mammals. But officials say the current public health risk is low.

The CDC said that testing of a person with a severe case of bird flu indicated the virus had mutated but the risk remains low ...

A genetic analysis of samples from the patient in Louisiana recently hospitalized with the country’s first severe case of ...

61 confirmed cases in humans The CDC has confirmed 61 human cases of H5N1 throughout nine states this year, but the Louisiana patient is the first severe case of bird flu in someone within the United ...

The findings come at a time when outbreaks of bird flu -- a different subtype of the same influenza virus -- in dairy cattle have ... Study Shows Drop in Use of Antiviral Medications in Young ...

Dec. 13, 2024 — Influenza or flu virus remains infectious in refrigerated raw milk for up to five days, according to a new study. The findings come at a time when outbreaks of bird flu -- a ...