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

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

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

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

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

The laissez-faire attitude of international and national public health agencies to emerging pandemic pathogens, which ...

CDC confirms a bird flu case in a person in Missouri who had no known contacts with sick animals. There is no signs of a person-to-person transmission probe continues.

The human cases of the virus, also known as bird flu, have all been livestock workers who interact directly with cattle and ...

A human case of A (H5) avian influenza has been confirmed in Missouri, but unlike other human cases, the patient in this case ...

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

The Missouri case reported on Sept ... “Humans tend not to have as much of the receptor for this avian influenza in their body compared to other animals, especially birds.” ...

Missouri hasn’t reported any infections ... The virus causing the outbreak in cows is highly pathogenic avian influenza — sometimes shortened to HPAI — of the H5N1 subtype.