A genetic analysis of viral samples from a patient in Louisiana hospitalized with the first severe case of bird flu showed ...

Scientists believe the mutations may allow the virus to better bind to receptors in the upper airways of humans.

Birx added that her greatest fear is someone getting infected with bird flu during the regular seasonal flu, potentially ...

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

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

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified mutations in a strain of the avian influenza virus H5N1, ...

Scientists are issuing warnings after a bird flu patient showed mutations that could increase the transmission of the virus.

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 ...

The CDC has confirmed 65 cases of H5N1 bird flu in humans in 2024. Of those, 39 were associated with dairy herds and 23 with ...

Health experts are now warning pet owners to be cautious about raw foods and limit pets' exposure to wildlife.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified mutations in the H5N1 bird flu virus that may increase ...