Public health officials are sounding the alarm after bird flu mutations were discovered in a Louisiana patient.

After someone in southwest Louisiana was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu, the first such illness reported in the ...

The CDC said Thursday its analysis of samples from a Louisiana patient with bird flu showed mutations not seen in samples ...

Scientists believe the mutations may allow the virus to better bind to receptors in the upper airways of humans.

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

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

Yes, pets can get bird flu from eating raw food. Pets can contract bird flu through contact with infected poultry or carcasses, or from eating contaminated food. Since cooking and pasteurization kill ...

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

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

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

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