Health officials identified three contacts, including two healthcare workers, who were closely monitored after a bird flu ...

The patient reported no contact with animals, leaving experts wondering how they contracted the flu — and whether the virus ...

Health officials on Thursday said they don’t know how a Missouri person caught bird flu but believe it may be a rare instance ...

Missouri confirms its first human case of H5N1 avian flu and urges bird handlers to follow safety precautions, including ...

Thus far, the outbreak is growing slowly, says Yale SOM’s Dr. Howard Forman. But a lack of coordination and testing continues ...

The human cases of the virus, also known as bird flu, have all been livestock workers who interact directly with cattle and ...

Until recently, every human case of avian flu this year involved people who came in contact with infected poultry or cows.

This is the 14th human case of bird flu reported this year in the United States and the first without a known occupational ...

That  human case of A(H5) avian flu in Missouri that had no known contact with poultry or other animals has been confirmed by the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

Sept. 7 (UPI) --One person is now confirmed to have contracted a case of the avian flu virus, or H5N1, in Missouri, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed. This marks the ...

For instance, while CDC labs confirmed the avian flu diagnosis, the agency’s investigators can’t look into the infection further unless state authorities request their help. So far ...