Bird flu virus likely mutated within a Louisiana patient, CDC says
A genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the first severe case of the ...
Kentucky resident dies of rabies
The Kentucky Department for Public Health reports that a northern Kentucky resident died from rabies on Friday.
Bird flu virus in Louisiana patient likely mutated to be more transmissible, CDC says
The agency, in its latest update released Thursday, said the mutations were not found in samples taken from wild birds, suggesting the virus changed over the course of the patient’s infection.
City of Newton: Dozens of geese deaths likely due to bird flu
Following an alert in early December from Kansas game wardens about geese carrying bird flu into Kansas, the City of Newton said that dozens of dead geese reported in recent weeks at the wetlands on ...