A genetic analysis of samples from the patient in Louisiana recently hospitalized with the country’s first severe case of ...

Samples from a hospitalized patient in Louisiana show changes that could make the H5N1 virus spread more easily between ...

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

A genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the first severe case of the ...

Birx added that her greatest fear is someone getting infected with bird flu during the regular seasonal flu, potentially ...

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

The bird flu virus found in a severely ill patient hospitalized in the United States has mutated to become better adapted to ...

The first severe case of H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in Louisiana. Here is a map of other states that have been affected.

The CDC's analysis revealed changes in the hemagglutinin (HA) gene, a critical component for the virus's ability to attach to host cells. The mutations "were not found in virus sequences from poultry ...

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

The patient was likely infected after having contact with sick and dead birds in a backyard flock, the US Centers for Disease ...