Dr. Andrew Pekosz from Johns Hopkins discusses the CDC’s discovery of mutations in the bird flu virus linked to the first severe human case in the U.S. and its risks ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified mutations in the the first severe bird flu case in the US ...
The CDC stressed there has been no known transmission of the virus from the Louisiana patient to anyone else. The agency said ...
Initial state and local tests for bird flu were inconclusive, and the county sent a sample to the CDC for testing. In the meantime, the county announced that the child had consumed unpasteurized ...
In a statement to NBC News, the CDC said that while Louisiana is leading the investigation, the agency “will be conducting confirmatory testing.” Bird flu has been infecting dairy cows in the ...
Although human infections in the United States have been rare, according to the CDC, bird flu has infected 60 people since April. Bird flu is a disease caused by a family of flu viruses primarily ...