International: Michael Osterholm, a University of Minnesota infectious disease researcher, likened this binding interaction ...

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

A sample of the virus found in a critically ill patient in the US has shown signs of mutating to better suit human airways, ...

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