The warning came five days after the CDC confirmed that a child had tested positive for bird flu in California.

A child in California caught bird flu amid a recall of raw milk in the state, but investigations have found no evidence that the case was caused by raw milk.

A rare case of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, has been confirmed in a child in the United States, according to ...

H5 bird flu, a type of avian influenza, has infected dozens of people in the U.S., and spread to seven states and Canada this ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently confirmed the nation’s first avian influenza A(H5N1) human ...

As of Nov. 18, 30 people — mostly farmworkers — have been infected with bird flu after exposure to dairy cows, the CDC said in a statement. All of those infected had mild symptoms, with many ...

Other subtypes of bird flu like H5N1 have spread to humans ... according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All told, there have been around 900 human cases reported since ...

The CDC released updated guidelines Nov. 8 that recommend offering testing to asymptomatic workers who have been exposed to animals infected with bird flu, including workers who were not wearing ...

Nov. 14, 2024 — Researchers have identified new roles for a protein long known to protect against severe flu infection -- among them, raising the minimum number of viral particles needed to cause ...

Dr. Patel discusses the preventative measures you can take to protect yourself during cold and flu season. Linda P. Fried, dean of Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health explains ways ...

The CDC recommends that people in this age group, who are more likely to get really sick if they get the flu, receive different shots that are more effective at preventing severe disease.