It's unclear how a Missouri resident was infected with H5N1. They were hospitalized but have recovered. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap messages Get the USA TODAY app ...

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.

A third close contact of a patient in Missouri who was hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu has reported that they also experienced symptoms, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.

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.

But the other illnesses didn’t come to light until after the CDC confirmed on Sept. 6 that the hospitalized person’s positive flu test was actually triggered by the H5N1 virus and the Missouri ...

Bird flu did not spread between humans in Missouri, tests show. The case concerned health officials and experts because human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza could mark ...

Health workers in Missouri tested after person hospitalized for bird flu. ... Osterholm said, roughly 2% of Americans have respiratory symptoms, which could be H5N1 or COVID-19 or simply a cold.

H ealth officials are still yet to determine how a person in Missouri caught bird flu despite having no known contact with animals, though it is confirmed to be the H5N1 strain circulating in cattle.

T here'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.

But one case of bird flu in particular has been making more headlines than usual—a Missouri resident tested positive for H5N1 in August, but unlike the 17 other known cases, didn’t have any ...

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, ...

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.