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

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

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

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New data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC) shows that over half of U.S. states have either "high" or "very high" levels of SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—in ...

A new mutation and the first severe case of H5N1 bird flu discovered in a human in Louisiana has raised concern among some ...

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