Bird flu mutations in the US's first severe H5N1 case may boost the virus's ability to infect humans
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, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on Thursday.
The US hasn’t learned lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic that it could use to mitigate the threat of pathogens like H5N1 bird ...
The virus has spread among dairy cattle, humans and other mammals. But officials say the current public health risk is low.
(CNN) — A genetic analysis of samples from the patient in Louisiana recently hospitalized with the country’s first severe ...
It was the fourth instance of H5N1 bird flu in a domestic flock in Vermont since the spring of 2022 and “emphasizes the ongoing need for vigilance as the disease continues to be ...
After Gov. Gavin Newsom last week declared an emergency stemming from bird flu’s spread in dairy herds, local public health ...
H5N1 outbreaks have led to the losses of commercial flocks in Barron, Trempealeau, Washburn and other Wisconsin counties.
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