A recent outbreak of bird flu has revealed a strain in a Texas patient with nine mutations, making it more efficient and deadly. The virus, H5N1, commonly found in wild birds, has now infected mammals,

Bird flu has claimed its first human in the United States, but health officials say the risk remains low and there are precautions to stay safe. They also say they’re vigilantly monitoring for signs that the risk is growing.

A patient death in Louisiana has become the first in the nation to be linked to the highly contagious bird flu, which has been spreading among wild birds across the country.

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