Genetic sequences of H5N1 bird flu viruses collected from a person in Louisiana who became severely ill show signs of development of several mutations thought to affect the virus’ ability to ...

The spread of the bird flu among humans and other mammals in the United States has sparked some concern among public health experts in recent weeks, though U.S. officials say the risk it currently ...

The H5N1 bird flu, or highly pathogenic avian influenza, has been detected in a backyard flock in Vermont, according to state agriculture officials. Bird flu is generally low-risk to humans, but ...

A surge in flu cases across Scotland has placed health services in the country under "acute pressure", Public Health Scotland (PHS) has warned. Data from PHS showed 1,163 people were hospitalised ...

A genetic analysis of viral samples from a patient in Louisiana hospitalized with the first severe case of bird flu showed mutations that may result in the virus becoming more transmissible among ...

Scientists are warning the public about bird flu after a patient in Louisiana showed mutations that could increase the transmission of the virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Scientists with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have identified mutations in H5N1 bird flu infections — in hospitalized patients in Louisiana and British Columbia — that may ...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health recommended that people avoid feeding their pets Monarch Raw Pet Food after a house cat tested positive for bird flu and samples of the food also ...

A backyard flock of birds in Vermont tested positive for bird flu last week, state officials announced Thursday. The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets said the flock of 24 birds ...

A genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the nation’s first severe case of the illness, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

More Americans are being infected with seasonal influenza and seeking care, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. “It is clearly the season,” Dr. Eduardo Azziz ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified mutations in a strain of the avian influenza virus H5N1, also known as bird flu, found in a Louisiana patient. The mutations ...