Dry cough typically indicates COVID-19 compared with the flu. RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, usually causes mild symptoms akin to cold that go away on their own. But for babies, some young ...

The patient in Louisiana who was hospitalized with severe bird flu illness was found to have a mutated version of the virus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced ...

Both of these statistics are up from the week before, indicating that the U.S. is heading further into flu season. Influenza is a common respiratory virus that is categorized into four types ...

Tiny genetic alterations could help the bird flu virus enter cells in the upper respiratory tract, the C.D.C. said. But there is no sign that mutations are widespread in nature. By Benjamin ...

giving the bird flu virus more tools to better infect humans, a phenomenon known as reassortment. A spokesperson for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pushed back on Friday ...

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 nation’s first severe case ...

A quadruple whammy of viruses – flu, COVID, norovirus, and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV – is hitting the U.S. as the year comes to a close. The Centers for Disease Control and ...

Two Influenza A (H5N1) virions, types of bird flu virus, under a microscope. AP Last week, the United States reported its first severe case of the virus, in a Louisiana resident above the age of ...

Scientists with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have identified mutations in H5N1 bird flu infections — in ... that may enhance the virus’ ability to infect humans, the agency ...

HPAI, also known as bird flu, is a highly contagious virus that can be spread in various ways from flock to flock — including by wild birds — through contact with infected animals, by ...

Dec 26 (Reuters) - 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 ... the part of the virus that plays ...

A genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the nation’s first severe case of the illness, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...