A genetic analysis suggested the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the nation's first severe case of the illness, the CDC said this week. Scientists believe the ...

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A patient in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with the first human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, has died, health officials said Monday.

The CDC reportedly found potentially troublesome bird flu mutations in Louisiana patient. This Louisiana case of bird flu marks the first instance of severe illness that's linked to the virus ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging health care workers to accelerate bird flu testing for patients ...

The first person has died of bird flu in the United States, the Louisiana Department of Health confirmed on Monday. The ...

The CDC is calling for expanded testing of bird flu after a child in California tested positive for the virus despite no ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says hospitals treating people for the flu should test them for avian ...

The CDC has confirmed a positive bird flu case in a child in San Francisco, the second juvenile case of H5N1 in the country.