A genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted ... officials said earlier this month. The CDC stressed there has been no known transmission ...

The patient from the southwest region of the state had been exposed to sick and dead birds, according to the CDC ... the Bird Flu is similar to COVID-19, the severe case here in Louisiana shows ...

CDC and other health officials, citing genomic data, shared that the Louisiana patient was infected with a version of bird flu found to be spreading in wild birds and poultry in the United States ...

The CDC has confirmed a man in Louisiana has the first severe illness caused by bird flu in the United States. Health officials say the patient had been in contact with sick and dead birds in his ...

Public health officials in at least one state are now offering money as an incentive to encourage people to get screened or ...

Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...

The Louisiana patient was hospitalized ... hoping [the] virus would burn out and it didn’t.” The CDC has confirmed 65 cases of H5N1 bird flu in humans in 2024. Most of the cases were caused ...