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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Missouri then alerted federal officials of bird flu. On Sept. 5, CDC received the person’s sample, tested it the next day, and alerted the public about the new case later that day. “We don’t ...

A patient in Missouri who was hospitalized after an infection with bird flu had the H5N1 strain of the virus, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Friday.

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.

Missouri’s state epidemiologist said in an interview that additional testing is being conducted to confirm whether the patient, who has recovered, had bird flu.The patient did not develop the ...

A case of bird flu has been detected in a Missouri patient, the first human bird flu case in the state and the first nationwide in someone who reported no exposure to animals before getting sick.

A possible cluster of bird-flu infections in Missouri has grown to include eight people, in what may be the first examples of person-to-person transmission in the United States, the Centers for ...

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.