Teen's recovery from H5N1 bird flu raises concerns after genetic mutations suggest virus could become more dangerous to ...

As the seasonal flu picks up, there are even more opportunities for the bird flu to acquire mutations as the different ...

Scott Gottlieb and Luciana Borio, a former director for medical and biodefense preparedness policy at the National Security ...

The CDC says the risk of bird flu to the general public is low, but public health experts say they are worried the virus could mutate and become more transmissible.

The deceased was over 65 and had other medical conditions, state officials said. A Louisiana patient who had been ...

The CDC called findings about bird flu mutations in a human case “concerning” but says the risk to the general public from the outbreak “remains low.” ...

A person in Louisiana who was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu has died.

Historically, bird flu has been a nasty bug to catch. Since it was first documented in the ‘90s, it has generally had a 50% ...

A patient in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with the first human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, ...

The hospitalized teen was also given three antiviral treatments, underscoring how severe H5N1 infection can be ...