As of now, 17 states have reported H5N1 bird flu cases in humans, but there is still no evidence for transmission between ...

This 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.

A microscopic photo of H5N1 Bird Flu virus (gold). [Photo: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] Of the seven individuals under investigation in Missouri, six are healthcare workers who ...

A person in Missouri caught a bird flu virus similar to the strain circulating in cattle around the US. Experts are working to establish whether or not it was spread from human-to-human.

Why fears of human-to-human bird flu spread in Missouri are overblown Hospital workers reported respiratory symptoms after encountering a Missouri patient with H5N1 who had not been exposed to ...

A close contact of the person in Missouri who had an unexplained H5N1 bird flu infection last month was also sick around the same time, but was not tested for influenza, the Centers for Disease ...

New test results suggest Missouri did not see a cluster of bird flu cases, a possibility that some experts had feared.

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 ...

As H5N1 bird flu continues to spread wildly among California dairy herds and farmworkers, federal health officials on Thursday offered some relatively good news about Missouri: The wily avian ...

Health officials are investigating whether a person in Missouri who was hospitalized with bird flu in early September might have infected a handful of others. Testing is ongoing among five health ...

A patient in Missouri who was hospitalized after an infection with bird flu had the H5N1 strain of the virus, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Friday.