The holy grail of pandemic preparedness is being able to predict how a virus will evolve just by looking at its genetic ...

The patient in Louisiana who was hospitalized with severe bird flu illness was found to have a mutated version of the virus.

A ny time a person catches H5N1, or bird flu, their infection is a chance for the virus to mutate in the wrong direction.

The virus in the first severe human bird flu case in the U.S. was found to have mutated. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

The Louisiana patient was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu in the first death in the U.S. caused by the H5N1 virus.

The CDC analyzed samples of the H5N1 virus that were collected from the patient, comparing its genomic sequences to those of infected dairy cows, wild birds, poultry and other animals, the agency ...

A patient in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with the first human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, has died, health officials said Monday.

Samples from a hospitalized patient in Louisiana show changes that could make the H5N1 virus spread more easily between ...

The HPAI H5N1 virus has spread globally, infecting birds, mammals, and some humans. Most human cases are mild.

This Louisiana case of bird flu marks the first instance of severe illness that's linked to the virus within the U.S., said the CDC in a statement. Genetic sequences of highly pathogenic avian ...

HMPV primarily affects the upper and lower respiratory tracts and is particularly concerning for vulnerable groups.