The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified mutations in the the first severe bird flu case in the US ...

The CDC recently reported findings from an analysis of specimens collected from the patient in Louisiana who became severely ill from H5N1 avian flu, and found genetic mutations that, according to ...

CDC image The virus has been causing sporadic ... The Louisiana patient was hospitalized in critical condition with severe ...

Around 205 kids died from the flu last season, a record number since before COVID, the CDC said. Pediatricians are encouraging kids to get the flu vaccine this season, saying even if you do get ...

In a statement to NBC News, the CDC said that while Louisiana is leading the investigation, the agency “will be conducting confirmatory testing.” Bird flu has been infecting dairy cows in the ...

Initial state and local tests for bird flu were inconclusive, and the county sent a sample to the CDC for testing. In the meantime, the county announced that the child had consumed unpasteurized ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — There are more than 700 flu cases in San Diego County as of Friday, which is nearly 300 more from the week before, according to public health officials. On Friday, the ...

Although human infections in the United States have been rare, according to the CDC, bird flu has infected 60 people since April. Bird flu is a disease caused by a family of flu viruses primarily ...

A Northern California child who consumed raw milk and became severely ill did not have the bird flu virus, according to tests conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

CDC continues to recommend that everyone aged 6 months and older get a flu shot every year. HealthDay News — In new data posted this week by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

About 170 cases of bird flu have been detected in wild birds in Louisiana since 2022, according to the CDC. While no poultry cases have been reported in Louisiana, over 120 million cases have ...