Bird flu virus likely mutated within a Louisiana patient, CDC says
A genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the first severe case of the ...
Bird flu mutated inside US patient, raising concern
Earlier in December, officials announced an elderly Louisiana patient was in “critical condition” with a severe H5N1 ...
Severe storms across US threaten to disrupt one of the busiest travel weekends of the year
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Louisiana’s laissez-faire vaccine policy ditches science for politics
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Bird flu virus shows mutations in first severe human case in US, CDC says
The CDC said the patient's sample showed mutations in the hemagglutinin (HA) gene, the part of the virus that plays a key ...
Bird Flu Updates: Virus Mutation in First U.S. Severe Human Case May Increase Transmission in People
The virus in the first severe human bird flu case in the U.S. was found to have mutated. Follow Newsweek's live blog for ...
Bird Flu 'Wake Up Call': Scientists Issue Warning After Mutation
Scientists are issuing warnings after a bird flu patient showed mutations that could increase the transmission of the virus.
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How to protect yourself amid rising bird flu cases: Experts weigh in
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The mutations likely developed post-infection, the agency said
The CDC said Thursday that the mutations, detected in a sample taken from a Louisiana patient, may help bind the virus to the ...
Virus in Louisiana bird flu patient shows mutations that could increase transmissibility to humans, CDC analysis finds
A genetic analysis of samples from the patient in Louisiana recently hospitalized with the country’s first severe case of H5N1 bird flu show the virus likely mutated in the patient to become ...