The CDC has confirmed 65 cases of H5N1 bird flu in humans in 2024. Of those, 39 were associated with dairy herds and 23 with ...

The agency, in its latest update released Thursday, said the mutations were not found in samples taken from wild birds, ...

The CDC warns samples of the bird flu virus show signs of mutations that could make it more transmissible to humans. The CDC says it appears the H5N1 virus contained mutations in the Louisiana patient ...

There's a new concern that the virus could evolve to spread from human to human.

(CNN) — A genetic analysis of samples from the patient in Louisiana recently hospitalized with the country’s first severe ...

A new mutation and the first severe case of H5N1 bird flu discovered in a human in Louisiana has raised concern among some ...

ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - The bird flu virus in a patient in Louisiana has likely mutated while they were in the hospital.

The virus has spread among dairy cattle, humans and other mammals. But officials say the current public health risk is low.

The CDC has confirmed a total of 66 human cases of bird flu across the United States as of Friday, although the number is ...

Scientists are issuing warnings after a bird flu patient showed mutations that could increase the transmission of the virus.

Genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus has the capacity to mutate in ways that could make it more transmissible to ...

Tiny genetic alterations could help the bird flu virus enter cells in the upper respiratory tract, the C.D.C. said. But there ...