By Tarun Sai Lomte Researchers uncover how a key human immune protein curbs H5N1 avian flu, but the virus is evolving—could ...

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

The CDC reported its scientists had compared viruses ... But she called the current H5N1 situation “grim,” noting there has been an explosion of human cases. “More [genetic] sequences ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses have caused widespread infections in dairy cows and poultry in the United States, with sporadic human cases. We describe characteristics of human ...

“We don’t know what combination of mutations would lead to a pandemic H5N1 virus… but the more humans are infected, the more chances a pandemic virus will emerge.”The CDC has confirmed 65 ...

There have been 61 reported human cases of the avian influenza strain known as H5N1 since April 2024, per the CDC. The individual from Louisiana who contracted the severe case has been hospitalized.

the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that a Louisiana patient hospitalised with severe respiratory illness was infected with a mutated strain of the H5N1 virus.

According to the CDC, there have been avian influenza A viruses—other than H5N1—which have spread between humans in the past, but that is very rare.

A patient was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu in Louisiana, the CDC said. This case is the first confirmed instance of a severe human infection linked to the H5N1 virus. The CDC said ...

Bird photo by NIAID; micrograph, which has been repositioned and recolored by NIAID, is courtesy CDC. Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza A virus (HPAI H5N1) remains a low risk to the general ...