NPR12d
First case of bird flu not directly linked to sick animals is found in Missouri
Health officials have identified a person in Missouri sick with bird flu despite having no known contact with animals — marking the first case of the virus in the U.S. this year not linked to ...
CBS News13d
Missouri patient contracts bird flu despite no known contact with animals
A hospitalized patient in Missouri was infected with bird flu despite having had no known contact with dairy cows or other animals associated with an ongoing outbreak, health officials said ...
WPTV-TV8d
Missouri bird flu case is a 'one-off' and the public risk is still low, officials say
Investigators trying to determine how the person caught the virus have not been able to confirm the exact strain of flu. Health officials on Thursday said they don’t know how a Missouri person ...
Bird Flu Symptoms in Humans: How to Protect Yourself and Prevent This Rare But Serious Virus
With cold and flu season approaching, it’s worth knowing about another virus out there—albeit extremely rare: bird flu. Like ...
MIT Technology Review1d
Why virologists are getting increasingly nervous about bird flu
Avian flu in dairy cows could stick around on US farms forever, and is raising the risk of outbreaks in mammals—including ...