The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed the first severe case of bird flu in the United States, ...

A genetic analysis of the bird flu in the body of a Louisiana man who contracted the first severe case found it mutated ...

The U.S. hasn’t learned lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic that it could use to mitigate the threat of pathogens like H5N1 ...

Bird flu could be mutating to become more transmissible to humans, scientists have warned, as the US reported its first ...

The CDC warns samples of the bird flu virus show signs of mutations that could make it more transmissible to humans. The CDC says it appears the H5N1 virus contained mutations in the Louisiana patient ...

Here’s what to know about the United States’ first confirmed severe case of H5N1 avian influenza—and how to protect yourself.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified mutations in the the first severe bird flu case in the US ...

Health officials are alarmed by a mutated H5N1 bird flu virus in a Louisiana patient, raising concerns about potential human transmission. Genetic changes in the virus may enhance its ability to bind ...

The CDC recently reported findings from an analysis of specimens collected from the patient in Louisiana who became severely ill from H5N1 avian flu, and found genetic mutations that, according to ...

A severe case of bird flu in Louisiana has led to the discovery of mutations in the H5N1 virus, which may help it bind more ...

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 ...

Growing concerns surrounding the transmission of H5N1 bird flu. The CDC reports that samples collected from a severely ill ...