New test results suggest Missouri did not see a cluster of bird flu cases, a possibility that some experts had feared.

A second health worker in contact with the Missouri patient who tested positive for bird flu also developed symptoms but wasn’t tested for influenza, the CDC said Friday.

A close contact of the person in Missouri who had an unexplained H5N1 bird flu infection last month was also sick around the same time, but was not tested for influenza, the Centers for Disease ...

CDC conducting probe into bird flu contracted by Missouri resident October 8, 2024 at 4:00 a.m. by The Missouri Independent , Jennifer Shutt ...

There's no evidence of human-to-human transmission of H5N1 bird flu among patients and healthcare workers in Missouri, the CDC said during a press briefing today.

The CDC said an investigation into a human H5N1 bird flu infection in Missouri has found four additional health care workers who fell ill after caring for the patient.

In new flu report, the CDC said a close contact of the Missouri bird flu patient was sick around the same time but was not tested and has recovered.

In September, Missouri public health officials and the CDC began investigating the case of H5N1 in a human with no known animal exposure. Out of an abundance of caution, blood samples were taken ...

It's unclear how a Missouri resident was infected with H5N1. They were hospitalized but have recovered.

A routine flu screening in late summer found the H5N1 virus in a Missouri patient. Unlike the other reported cases of avian flu, this person did not report being in recent contact with animals.

One person is now confirmed to have contracted a case of the avian flu virus, or H5N1, in Missouri, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed.

Missouri then forwarded the specimen to CDC which confirmed H5N1. This represents the first detection of H5N1 by the influenza surveillance system in place in the 50 states and federally in the U.S.