Health officials are alarmed by a mutated H5N1 bird flu virus in a Louisiana patient, raising concerns about potential human ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

In an unprecedented turn of events, H5N1 began infecting dairy cattle for the first time globally in early 2024.

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 ...

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 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 ...