A Missouri resident has tested positive for bird flu even though there is no evidence the person came into contact with an animal infected with the virus, the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Bird flu detected in a Missouri patient with no known link to animals So far, there have been 14 human cases of bird flu this year. All the patients — except the one from Missouri — had been ...

New versions of the H5N1 virus are increasingly adept at spreading. Suggestions to either let it rip in poultry or vaccinate the birds could backfire.

Bird flu has been detected in nearly 200 dairy herds in 14 states so far this year, but not in Missouri, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Bird flu has also been found in commercial ...

The Missouri individual is the 14th human case of bird flu reported this year in the United States and the first without a known occupational exposure to infected animals, according to the Centers ...

Missouri Reports Bird Flu in a Patient Without a Known Risk Previous human infections occurred in workers on farms. But community transmission of the virus remains unlikely for now, experts said.

Bird flu did not spread between humans in Missouri, tests show. The case concerned health officials and experts because human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza could mark ...

A mysterious human case of the H5N1 bird flu was recently discovered in Missouri — and experts are still working to determine how the patient was infected.. The avian flu has been circulating ...

The case in Missouri was caught purely by chance, because the person's flu was tested, which doesn't always happen. When it came back as an unusual type, it was sent for further testing, which ...

The Missouri patient was the 14th person in the U.S. sickened with bird flu since March, when the virus was detected in cows. One other person was infected in 2022.

A person in Missouri has been diagnosed with bird flu — despite never coming into contact with any animals, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Friday. The adult, who was ...

Missouri’s first human case of the bird flu was announced Sept. 9, and it struck experts as unusual because the patient reported no recent exposure to livestock or other animals.