Missouri, bird flu
Why fears of human-to-human bird flu spread in Missouri are overblown
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.
Missouri health officials should be doing more on ‘perplexing’ bird flu case, experts say
Missouri officials are under growing pressure from national public health experts to pinpoint the source of the state’s first human bird flu infection.
Was Missouri’s bird flu case a one-off or something more? Quest for answers faces testing delay
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.
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‘This is not a cluster’: The latest on the Missouri bird flu case
Further testing could confirm whether the patient, who has since recovered, actually had bird flu despite testing positive.
Human-to-Human Bird Flu Spread in Missouri Is Unlikely, CDC Says
Chances are low that human-to-human spread of bird flu occurred in a group of people who were exposed to a patient infected with the virus in Missouri, US health authorities said.
6 people tested after exposure to Missouri bird flu patient. What we do & don’t know
None of the health care workers or other contact have tested positive for avian flu antibodies so far — but could their illness signal human-to-human transmission?
Possible Cluster of Human Bird-Flu Infections Expands in Missouri
Seven people in contact with a patient hospitalized with bird flu also developed symptoms, the C.D.C. reported. Some are undergoing further tests.
Four more US health workers show symptoms after contact with Missouri bird flu patient
Four additional healthcare workers in Missouri who came in contact with a hospitalized bird flu patient developed mild respiratory symptoms but the virus was not confirmed in any of them, U.S. health officials said on Friday.
Missouri’s bird flu case is ‘perplexing.’ National health experts want answers from state
Missouri officials are under growing pressure from national public health experts to pinpoint the source of the state’s first human bird flu infection.
Two California dairy workers were infected with bird flu, latest human cases in US
Two dairy workers in California were infected with bird flu, the 15th and 16th human cases detected in the U.S. this year.
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Federal health officials investigate Missouri transmission of avian flu
A routine flu screening in late summer found the H5N1 virus in a Missouri patient. Unlike the other reported cases, this ...
California reports bird flu in two people in contact with infected cows
California, the biggest U.S. milk-producing state, on Thursday confirmed two human cases of bird flu in people who had ...
Bird flu kills 47 tigers, 3 lions and a panther in Vietnam zoos, state media reports
Forty-seven tigers, three lions and a panther have died in zoos in south Vietnam due to the H5N1 bird flu virus, state media reported on Wednesday.