Does it feel like you know a lot of people fighting the flu virus this winter? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said flu activity remains high and continues to increase around the ...

What you need to know about bird flu. Public health experts are closely watching avian influenza, which has affected chickens ...

HEALTH OFFICIALS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE SAY FIVE PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM THE FLU SO FAR THIS SEASON, AS WE’VE BEEN REPORTING. AS YOU ...

In an abundance of caution, the CDC last week advised hospitals and labs to do faster flu testing to help identify possible ...

Patients hospitalized with flu should be tested for H5N1 bird flu within 24 hours, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday, upgrading its recent recommendation. Before now ...

principal deputy director at CDC said it's important to accelerate the identification of influenza A virus subtyping so that the results are not just useful for retrospective surveillance ...

Bird flu is a disease caused by avian influenza A viruses, according to the CDC. The virus mostly spreads between birds and dairy cows, but there have been 67 human cases of bird flu nationwide ...

The CDC last week said it would rebuild a bird flu vaccine stockpile for poultry. Officials at the Department of Health and Human Services, which encompasses CDC, have repeatedly met with the ...

The CDC recommends several measures to curb the spread of bird flu: Avoid direct contact with wild birds and other animals infected with or suspected to be infected with avian influenza A viruses.

The CDC reports the virus was detected on Dec ... “The biggest concern is if the avian influenza virus, were to mix with a human virus and thus make it easier to not only infect humans but ...

Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that hospitals speed up testing people who are hospitalized with the flu for H5N1 bird flu. Health care workers in ...