For the week ending Jan. 25, seasonal flu activity remains high and increasing. Clinical laboratories tested 129,378 ...

HEALTH OFFICIALS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE SAY FIVE PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM THE FLU SO FAR THIS SEASON, AS WE’VE BEEN REPORTING. AS YOU PROBABLY NOTICED IN YOUR DAILY LIFE, THE STATE IS SEEING HIGH NUMBERS OF ...

People who work with livestock are at the greatest risk of bird flu. To stop the disease's spread, it's critical that they participate in testing programs and wear masks and gloves when advised. “For ...

The map of flu activity across the United States continues to darken, both figuratively and literally, as case numbers spike ...

Rising flu cases in North Texas are hitting hospitals, forcing school closures. See influenza symptoms, how to get a test, how long you're contagious.

The CDC classifies 14 states as having “very high” flu activity levels, 22 states, and Washington, D.C. as “high” in their ...

RSV is usually contagious for three to eight days. A patient also may be contagious a day or two before experiencing symptoms, the CDC said. Infants and those with weakened immune systems, however, ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released some new flu data to the public on Friday, despite the Trump ...

The majority of the cases in the U.S. are being caused by influenza A, primarily the H3N2 and H1N1 strains, according to the CDC. Flu A tends to be more aggressive in adults and hit earlier than ...

A new bird flu vaccine could be on the horizon after the ... according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC maintains that the risk to public health is low as there ...

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 ...

Given the large number of animal-to-human transmissions of bird flu that have occurred in the past year, Nirav Shah, principal deputy director at CDC said it's important to accelerate the ...