Dubbed the Avian Flu Influenza Area Surveillance Testing or AFAST project, some clinics in the state are giving $25 in gift ...

Under direction of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC is considering changes to its recommendations on vaccines ...

Public health officials in at least one state are now offering money as an incentive to encourage people to get screened or ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has the latest on the current bird flu outbreak. If you live near ...

Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...

This year's flu season has become the state's deadliest in nearly a decade, with at least 388 deaths so far. Meanwhile, flu ...

This was also the first year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic that deaths from flu surpassed deaths from COVID.

Notes from a recent meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ COVID-19 Work Group show health ...

Preventing a pandemic means early detection of bird flu strains — surveillance of viral spread and influenza infections in ...

The loss of the CDC’s occupational safety office, NIOSH, may have long-term consequences, particularly for H5N1 bird flu ...

Avian flu strains tend to only affect birds, but the current outbreak has spread to cattle and – in rare cases – people. The ...