Bird flu virus likely mutated within a Louisiana patient, CDC says
Scientists believe the mutations may allow the virus to better bind to receptors in the upper airways of humans.
Bird flu virus in Louisiana patient likely mutated to be more transmissible, CDC says
The agency, in its latest update released Thursday, said the mutations were not found in samples taken from wild birds, ...
Scientific American17h
Concerning Bird Flu Virus Mutations Found in Severely Ill Patient
Samples from a hospitalized patient in Louisiana show changes that could make the H5N1 virus spread more easily between ...
Ebola: How a vaccine turned a terrifying virus into a preventable disease
The Ebola virus devastated west Africa in 2014, claiming over 11,000 lives in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.
Mpox Is Spreading in Congo’s Capital, Threatening Global Efforts to Contain the Virus
Our reporter went to Congo, where the mpox epidemic has reached the teeming capital, infecting children and their mothers, ...
Bird Flu, Pneumonia: It’s Time for Weekly Virus Reports
December 18, 2024 What if Our Democracy Can’t Survive Without Christianity?
We ‘have our head in the sand’: Health experts warn US isn’t reacting fast enough to threat of bird flu
The US hasn’t learned lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic that it could use to mitigate the threat of pathogens like H5N1 bird ...
Virus in Louisiana bird flu patient 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 ...