The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday its analysis of samples from the first severe case of bird flu in the country last week showed mutations not seen in samples from an infected backyard flock on the patient's property.

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday that its analysis of samples from the first severe case of bird flu in the country showed mutations that were

This marks the first case of H5N1 bird flu in the US connected to backyard flock exposure, according to health officials.

Here’s what to know about the United States’ first confirmed severe case of H5N1 avian influenza—and how to protect yourself.

Public health officials have just reported the first known “severe” case of bird flu in the United States. There are now 61 confirmed cases across eight states. This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that a person had been hospitalized with a “severe case” of bird flu.

Though cases of infection are rare, cats seem especially susceptible to the bird flu virus, or Type A H5N1. Even before the cattle outbreak, there were feline cases linked to wild

But while the current risk from our fuzzy feline friends is considered very low, public health officials nonetheless have been warning this month that free-roaming cats could be yet another fellow mammal that will enable bird flu to hop to humans,

Highly contagious H5N1 avian influenza, or “bird flu,” has been found in a Mississippi chicken flock. It’s the first major case of bird flu in Mississippi since 2023.