First US human victim of H5N1 bird flu virus reported in Louisiana
The patient was infected after contact with domestic and wild birds, specifically a non-commercial backyard flock and wild ...
Is bird flu the next pandemic? What to know after the first H5N1 death in the US
With reports of the first human death from bird flu in the US, some Americans are feeling an uncomfortable flashback to the ...
Trump and Biden officials begin talks on bird flu crisis
At least 66 people, most of them dairy workers, have been infected. Last week, the Louisiana Health Department reported the ...
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First US human death from bird flu is more serious than you may think
Two months shy of the fifth anniversary of COVID-19 being declared a global pandemic, the US has recorded its first human ...
11 people in Oakland County had contact with H5N1-infected backyard flock, 2 are now sick
Two people are sick in Oakland County and nine others are being monitored after they had contact with H5N1 bird flu from an ...
Bird flu brought a B.C. teen close to death. Here's what we know about H5N1
The death of a Louisiana resident and a severe infection involving a B.C. teen has experts worried about the emerging threat ...
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No need to provide an avian flu vaccine for humans yet, expert says
An expert says the cases of avian influenza detected so far among workers doesn't warrant making a vaccine yet.
Q&A: How serious is bird flu?
Bird flu continues to spread across the United States and behave in uncanny ways. Last week, a Louisiana resident became the ...
B.C. doctors comparing H5N1 virus that infected local teen with that of Louisiana patient
Clinical microbiologist Dr. Agatha Jassem says they want to understand how the viruses in the two cases are related to each ...
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What is H5N1 bird flu?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) maintains that the virus that sickened the Louisiana patient matched a ...
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The mutations likely developed post-infection, the agency said
Genetic sequences of H5N1 bird flu viruses collected from a person in Louisiana who became severely ill show signs of development of several mutations thought to affect the virus’ ability to ...