In early December 2024, a group of researchers published an article in the journal Science, entitled "A single mutation in ...

Two months shy of the fifth anniversary of COVID-19 being declared a global pandemic, the US has recorded its first human ...

Genetic analysis of H5N1 bird flu viruses from a severely ill patient in Louisiana revealed multiple mutations that may ...

Genetic analysis of H5N1 bird flu virus that infected a Canadian teenager shows 'worrisome' mutations, new studies reveal.

Just hours after the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the first severe case of bird flu in the United States on Wednesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued a state ...

A person in Louisiana who was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu has died.

The male patient has been hospitalized with the virus ... bird flu among wild birds in the United States have been cited by the agency over that same time period. Bird flu, also know as H5N1 ...

Currently, one subtype of avian influenza A viruses, H5N1, is being transmitted around the world and causing outbreaks in the United States. In addition to “H5N1” and “avian flu,” the ...

On Friday, the CDC confirmed a person from Louisiana had avian influenza A virus, H5N1, after they were exposed to sick and dead birds in a backyard flock, according to a CDC press release.

Los Angeles County health officials are investigating a case of three cats presumed to have H5N1 ... of H5 bird flu remains low in Los Angeles County, but these confirmed cases of the virus ...

Highly contagious H5N1 avian flu has been ... from the CDC, infected birds spread bird flu through their spit, snot and poop. Other animals can get the virus and spread it via breathing, in ...

Genetic analysis of H5N1 bird flu viruses from a severely ill patient in Louisiana revealed multiple mutations that may enhance the virus’s ability to bind to human upper airway cells ...