A ny time a person catches H5N1, or bird flu, their infection is a chance for the virus to mutate in the wrong direction.
Bird flu is increasingly sparking concern across the country and in Illinois, following news this week of the first human ...
On Monday, Louisiana health officials announced that a person hospitalized last month with a severe case of avian influenza — ...
The patient was infected after contact with domestic and wild birds, specifically a non-commercial backyard flock and wild ...
A Louisiana resident has died after being hospitalized with bird flu, marking the first known U.S. death from the virus.
The first human death due to bird flu in the US has been reported in Louisiana, involving a patient over 65 with underlying ...
The U.S. has developed a bird flu vaccine that can be prepared when needed. It’s not currently available because health ...
The CDC says the risk of bird flu to the general public is low, but public health experts say they are worried the virus could mutate and become more transmissible.
A Louisiana resident has died after being hospitalised with bird flu in December of last year, marking the first known US ...
According to the CDC, there are now more than 60 confirmed cases of bird flu in the U.S. The first severe illness in a human ...
The Louisiana patient’s death does not change the overall assessment by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the immediate risk to the public’s health from H5N1 bird flu, which remains ...
With reports of the first human death from bird flu in the US, some Americans are feeling an uncomfortable flashback to the ...