San Francisco confirmed that a child in the city became the first case of H5N1. A panel of biotech leaders discussed what ...

The CDC is now calling for subtyping of influenza A viruses in all hospitalized patients -- and on an accelerated timeline, ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging hospitals to accelerate advanced testing of people they suspect ...

Bird flu is a disease caused by avian influenza A viruses, according to the CDC. The virus mostly spreads between birds and ...

Due to ongoing sporadic H5N1 avian flu infections and brisk levels of seasonal flu activity, the US Centers for Disease ...

Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that hospitals speed up testing people who are ...

Cases have been spreading across the country since April 2024 with 67 confirmed as of Thursday, according to the Centers for ...

A San Francisco child has made a presumptive recovery from H5N1 bird flu, with health officials stressing the low risk to the ...

CDC officials say they extended the guidance now because they are seeing more H5N1 patients whose illness they cannot track ...

As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains, bird flu is a disease caused by the influenza A virus. At ...

If you are wondering what the different letters and numbers used to name influenza viruses mean, such as H1N1, H3N2, H5N1 ... virus, strain 05, discovered in Sydney, Australia in 1997, and a ...

When she first went to the hospital she tested positive for influenza A — but not the seasonal subtype. Further testing ... 66 humans have been infected with H5N1 in the last year. On Friday, the San ...