"Concerning" bird flu mutations in Louisiana patient underscores pandemic potential of H5N1
In 2024, at least 66 human cases of bird flu have been reported in the United States, each one raising the risk of another ...
Bird flu virus in Louisiana patient likely mutated to be more transmissible, CDC says
A genetic analysis of viral samples from a patient in Louisiana hospitalized with the first severe case of bird flu showed ...
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CDC Reports Potentially Troublesome Mutations in Bird Flu Found in Louisiana Patient
Federal health officials have confirmed unsettling new details about the first United States case of severe bird flu, ...
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H5N1 virus in Louisiana bird flu patient shows mutations that could increase transmissibility to humans, CDC analysis finds
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 ...
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Weirdest Medical Cases of 2024; CDC Sees Concerning H5N1 Changes; The King's Speech
Gizmodo reviews the weirdest medical cases of 2024. World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, ...
CDC on High Alert as Bird Flu Cases Rise in the US: Is the H5N1 Virus Showing Pandemic Red Flags?
Bird flu cases are on the rise in the U.S., and the CDC is on high alert. With 66 confirmed human cases so far, officials are ...
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Bird flu virus in Louisiana patient likely mutated to be more transmissible, CDC says
The Louisiana patient was hospitalized ... hoping [the] virus would burn out and it didn’t.” The CDC has confirmed 65 cases of H5N1 bird flu in humans in 2024. Most of the cases were caused ...