Preventing a pandemic means early detection of bird flu strains — surveillance of viral spread and influenza infections in ...

(KALB) - Louisiana health officials have ... according to the CDC. This is the country’s first case of H5N1 linked to exposure to a backyard flock. Rebecca Christofferson is an associate ...

The Louisiana Department of Health confirmed ... While this death marks a significant milestone in H5N1's presence in North America, the CDC emphasizes there's no evidence of human-to-human ...

Bird flu “is adapting to mammals, and it continues to show new tricks,” Nelson tells The Verge. The virus is spreading widely in domestic and wild animals, while exact transmission routes remain ...

The CDC is currently aiding in the response to the Texas measles outbreak and contending with the spread of the H5N1 bird flu virus ... Health Freedom Louisiana, a group that opposes vaccine ...

A Louisiana resident is the first person in the United States to suffer a severe illness caused by H5N1 bird flu, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Wednesday.

The CDC continues to assess the risk to the general ... This patient remains the only human case of H5N1 in Louisiana," stated the Louisiana Department of Health, according to Mirror.

The CDC said in December that the specific strain of H5N1 that infected the person in Louisiana had previously been seen in wild birds and domestic poultry, but is different from the strain that ...