BIRD FLU CAUSES DEATHS OF CATS AND ZOO ANIMALS AS VIRUS SPREADS IN US The CDC maintains that the risk to the general public is still low. "The same mutations were not present in viral genomes ...

A California Department of Food and Agriculture technician perform tests on chickens for bird flu in 2006 at the ... infected her body showed ominous mutations that researchers suggest potentially ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported concerning genetic mutations in H5N1 bird flu samples collected from a severely ill patient in Louisiana. These mutations may make ...

The first severe case of bird flu in the US includes unique mutations, as per CDC. These mutations, found in the patient's respiratory sample, are rare but typically seen during severe infections.

In an analysis Thursday, the agency said the mutations it identified in samples taken during the patient’s hospitalization weren’t found in the birds, suggesting they aren’t in the virus ...

"The same mutations were not present in viral genomes sampled from the backyard birds that presumably infected the individual," Samuel Scarpino, director of AI and life sciences and professor of ...

However, a patient recently made headlines in Louisiana for being a more severe case. The patient, who is reportedly over the age of 65, was hospitalized and in critical condition due to severe ...

One such mutation may have occurred after the patient contracted the virus, the agency said in an update after Christmas. Most cases have come from exposure to birds – just by mere coincidence ...