The patient was reportedly over the age of 65 and was said to have suffered from underlying medical conditions.

This Louisiana case of bird flu marks the first instance of severe illness that's linked to the virus within the U.S., said the CDC in a statement. Genetic sequences of highly pathogenic avian ...

The Louisiana patient was infected with the D1.1 clade of the bird flu virus, a strain that is circulating in wild birds and poultry. It’s different from the variant that’s circulating in ...

A genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the nation’s first severe case of the illness, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

Louisiana officials say they are not aware of any other cases in their state, and U.S. officials have said they do not have any evidence that the virus is spreading from person to person. The H5N1 ...

Avian influenza A (H5N1) has mutated, so the symptoms of bird flu could change as more people get sick in 2025.

When a pathogen — any organism that causes a disease — jumps species, scientists get nervous because its genetic makeup can ...

The case in Louisiana is the first human death from bird flu in the U.S. during this current outbreak, but there was a death in Mexico back in May 2024 in a patient with no known exposure to farm ...

The patient in Louisiana who was hospitalized with severe bird flu illness was found to have a mutated version of the virus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced ...

Authorities have detected a second case of bird flu at a poultry farm in Georgia's Elbert County. The case was found less ...

Seven Delmarva-region commercial operations have now reported cases of the highly contagious virus.

Bird Flu Virus Likely Mutated Within a Louisiana Patient, CDC Says A genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the nation’s first severe case ...