Seasonal flu tends to spike from December to February. People who become infected tend to get a sore throat, cough, runny ...

Seasonal flu activity is elevated across most of the country, according to the latest reports from the Centers for Disease ...

Health officials are warning about high levels of seasonal flu right now. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just ...

During the summer, the CDC instructed hospitals to continue monitoring the different types of flu viruses, instead of the usual ramping down of surveillance at the end of flu season, it told ...

The patient was hospitalized in Louisiana, the health agency said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed the first case of severe bird flu in the United States.

Just hours after the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the first severe case of bird flu in the United States on Wednesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued a state ...

In most people infected, influenza viruses can be detected starting one day before symptoms begin and up to five to seven days after becoming sick, according to the CDC. "People with flu are most ...

“That can form very new viruses [and] cause epidemics.” Immunization reduces the prevalence and severity of seasonal flu, the CDC says, thereby reducing the “very rare” but possible risk ...

The CDC has said that human cases of bird flu have occurred after people came in contact with animals that carry the infection. Usually, wild birds spread the virus, especially after they die and ...

The CDC has confirmed 66 human cases of bird flu in the U.S., but no human-to-human transmission has been detected. The outbreak has severely impacted the American egg industry, leading to near ...

"CDC's overall assessment of the immediate risk to the public's health from H5N1 bird flu, which remains low," the announcement stated, citing the Louisiana case. On Wednesday, Wisconsin officials ...

A patient was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu in Louisiana, the CDC said. This case is the first confirmed instance of a severe human infection linked to the H5N1 virus. The CDC said ...