While the H5N1 bird flu keep spreading, the first reported H5N9 outbreak in the United States has been identified on a duck ...

H5N1 vaccines have been previously licensed, and millions are in the national stockpile. But even with the news of the ...

In today’s Health Alert, a new strain of bird flu - H5N9 - has been detected in the U.S. The first confirmed case was found ...

A sluggish response to emerging outbreaks may simply be a new, unfortunate norm for America ... on a general flu test — a common diagnostic that indicates human, swine, or bird flu — clinics ...

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

The first person to have a severe case of H5N1 bird flu in the United States has died, according to the Louisiana Department of Health. This is the first human death from bird flu in the US.

There are other types of flu that primarily infect animals, like bird flu and now swine flu. The real name for swine flu is H1N1 flu. It is called swine flu because a virus that causes this flu ...

Swine Flu' Strain Has Passed from Humans to Swine Nearly 400 Times Since 2009 July 27, 2023 — A new study of the strain of influenza A responsible for the 2009 H1N1 pandemic -- pdm09 -- shows ...

There have been 66 confirmed human cases of H5N1 bird flu in America, according to the CDC, with most of them happening in California, Colorado, and Washington. Most bird flu cases were found in ...

At the same time, recent CDC data shows that seasonal influenza A is rising across the U.S. — specifically the H1N1 (swine flu) and H3N2 strains. While it may just seem like a tiny change in ...

The California duck farm's strain of H5N9 is different from those earlier cases because this time it is closely related to a ...

Flu has surged to high levels across the US, straining hospitals. Experts discuss 2024-25 flu season trends, symptoms to watch for, and how to stay safe.