Kansas officials say bird flu a low risk to public health — but urge caution
Nationally, 17 million birds have been exposed to avian flu, but Kansas health officials said the risk to the general public ...
CDC on High Alert as Bird Flu Cases Rise in the US: Is the H5N1 Virus Showing Pandemic Red Flags?
Bird flu cases are on the rise in the U.S., and the CDC is on high alert. With 66 confirmed human cases so far, officials are ...
Virus in Louisiana bird flu patient shows mutations that could increase transmissibility to humans, CDC analysis finds
A genetic analysis of samples from the patient in Louisiana recently hospitalized with the country’s first severe case of ...
How America lost control of the bird flu, setting the stage for another pandemic
The U.S. government failed to eliminate the virus on dairy farms when it was confined to a handful of states. Now at least 875 herds across 16 states have tested positive.
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Bird flu virus shows mutations in first severe human case in US, CDC says
The CDC said the patient’s sample showed mutations ... Two Influenza A (H5N1) virions, types of bird flu virus, under a microscope. AP Last week, the United States reported its first severe ...
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Bird flu virus mutated in person with severe case in Louisiana, CDC finds
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that testing of a person with a severe case of bird flu ...
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Bird flu virus likely mutated within a Louisiana patient, CDC says
A genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient ... officials said earlier this month. The CDC stressed there has been no known transmission of the virus ...
Bird flu wipes out 200 snow geese in Pennsylvania as expert fears ‘something worse is on the way’
Over 200 snow geese found across Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania are suspected to have been killed by the bird flu, and experts are concerned the death toll could climb even higher as cases continue to ...