Scientists believe the mutations may allow the virus to better bind to receptors in the upper airways of humans.
After someone in southwest Louisiana was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu, the first such illness reported in the ...
The agency, in its latest update released Thursday, said the mutations were not found in samples taken from wild birds, ...
The CDC has confirmed a total of 66 human cases of bird flu across the United States as of Friday, although the number is ...
A genetic analysis of samples from the patient in Louisiana recently hospitalized with the country’s first severe case of ...
A new mutation and the first severe case of H5N1 bird flu discovered in a human in Louisiana has raised concern among some ...
The CDC said that testing of a person with a severe case of bird flu indicated the virus had mutated but the risk remains low ...
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ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - The bird flu virus in a patient in Louisiana has likely mutated while they were in the hospital.
Public health officials are sounding the alarm after bird flu mutations were discovered in a Louisianan patient. Dozens of ...