From Birds to Humans: How Hidden Mutations Are Driving the H5N1 Crisis
In light of the ongoing global spread of the H5N1 avian influenza, U.S. public health experts are reassured that current ...
As pace and severity of human H5N1 cases accelerate, NIH leaders call for more action on bird flu
Most human cases of bird flu in North America have been mild, a fact that’s underscored by a new study of the first 46 ...
How Worried Should We Be About Bird Flu?
So far, the H5N1 virus isn't transmitted between people — but the CDC has found a mutation in a human case "concerning." ...
Bird Flu Update: CDC Says It's Searching for These Pandemic Red Flags
The CDC has revealed the red flags it is monitoring for that suggest that bird flu was about to become the world's next pandemic.
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CDC Flags Mutations in H5N1 Bird Flu Virus Amid Heightened Surveillance
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified mutations in the H5N1 bird flu virus that may increase ...
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Bird flu mutated inside US patient, raising concern
The bird flu virus found in a severely ill patient hospitalized in the United States has mutated to become better adapted to ...
Why scientists say we are fighting H5N1 bird flu with one hand tied behind our backs
When, where and how the H5N1 bird flu virus may evolve and its capacity to spark a pandemic is hard to predict — in part, ...
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Public Health Confirms Human H5 Bird Flu Case in L.A. County
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has confirmed a human case of H5 bird flu in an adult who was exposed to ...
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How the U.S. Lost Control of Bird Flu, Setting the Stage for Another Pandemic
Just a few mutations could allow the bird flu to spread between people ... case was announced, the CDC released a statement saying, “A sporadic case of severe H5N1 bird flu illness in a person ...
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Yes, humans can get the H5N1 bird flu
Though there are many kinds of bird flu, one especially contagious strain called highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1 ... bird flu being spread between humans, the CDC says, and ...
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What's the bird flu? An explainer following California's state of emergency declaration
Gavin Newsom’s state of emergency declaration on Wednesday due to bird flu has raised questions about the H5N1 virus ... The CDC has not detected the bird flu spreading from one person to ...