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

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

Missouri reported its first human case of the current U.S. outbreak. All other 14 cases nationwide have been livestock ...

One person is now confirmed to have contracted a case of the avian flu virus, or H5N1, in Missouri, the U.S. Centers for ...

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

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

For the past several years, millions of birds around the world have been killed or culled because of a highly pathogenic form ...

The Missouri case raised questions about the possibility ... But this is the first time the surveillance system detected an avian flu like this. The H5N1 bird flu has been spreading widely among ...

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

Public health officials are still trying to determine how a Missouri resident contracted bird flu without having any contact ...

Cancel anytime. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has detected its first human case of the H5 avian flu in Missouri. The virus has been spreading among poultry and wild birds ...