The Missouri individual is the 14th human case of bird flu reported this year in the United States and the first without a known occupational exposure to infected animals, according to the Centers ...

A Missouri resident has tested positive for bird flu even though there is no evidence the person came into contact with an animal infected with the virus, the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Bird flu detected in a Missouri patient with no known link to animals So far, there have been 14 human cases of bird flu this year. All the patients — except the one from Missouri — had been ...

Missouri Reports Bird Flu in a Patient Without a Known Risk Previous human infections occurred in workers on farms. But community transmission of the virus remains unlikely for now, experts said.

Health officials are investigating whether a person in Missouri who was hospitalized with bird flu in early September might have infected a handful of others. Testing is ongoing among five health ...

A mysterious human case of the H5N1 bird flu was recently discovered in Missouri — and experts are still working to determine how the patient was infected.. The avian flu has been circulating ...

Hospital workers reported respiratory symptoms after encountering a Missouri patient with H5N1 who had not been exposed to farm animals. Officials say bird flu transmission is unlikely.

Bird flu has been detected in nearly 200 dairy herds in 14 states so far this year, but not in Missouri, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Bird flu has also been found in commercial ...

Someone who lived with a Missouri resident infected with bird flu also became ill on the same day, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday.. The disclosure raises the ...

Missouri’s first human case of the bird flu was announced Sept. 9, and it struck experts as unusual because the patient reported no recent exposure to livestock or other animals.

U.S. health officials have run into obstacles in their efforts to determine whether a Missouri person infected with H5N1 bird flu passed the virus on to others, causing a delay that will likely ...

Missouri bird flu case raises questions for scientists A week after an unusual human case of H5 avian influenza was reported in Missouri, many questions remain. The latest on what's known -- and ...