ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - The bird flu virus in a patient in Louisiana has likely mutated while they were in the hospital.

Growing concerns surrounding the transmission of H5N1 bird flu. The CDC reports that samples collected from a severely ill ...

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.

The victim, a resident of Northern Kentucky, succumbed to the disease after receiving medical treatment in both Kentucky and ...

The Kentucky Department for Public Health reports that a northern Kentucky resident died from rabies on Friday.

Scientists believe the mutations may allow the virus to better bind to receptors in the upper airways of humans.

The Tennessee Influenza Weekly Report shows that illness and positive lab tests are both up from the previous week.

A family of four was found dead inside a New Hampshire vacation home on Christmas from what appeared to be carbon monoxide ...

The CDC said Thursday its analysis of samples from a Louisiana patient with bird flu showed mutations not seen in samples ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis cases are continuing to rise here in Wisconsin and nationwide. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

There's a new concern that the virus could evolve to spread from human to human.