The U.S. winter virus season is in full force, and by one measure is the most intense in 15 years.

The latest CDC alert says testing for bird flu should move more quickly, ideally within 24 hours of a person’s hospital admission. “The system right now tells us what has already happened.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention resumed publishing its weekly scientific report Thursday after an ...

Seasonal flu activity ... say this is expected to continue for the next few weeks. Many states across the U.S. have been placed in the ‘high’ or ‘very high’ category in the CDC’s Weekly ...

As cases of H5N1, also known as avian flu or bird flu, continue to surface across the U.S., safety precautions are ramping up. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced ...

“I feel confident that flu activity is going to be elevated for several more weeks,” said Alicia Budd, head of the CDC’s domestic ... disease experts say there’s still time to get a ...

Any patient hospitalized with influenza should be quickly checked for H5N1 bird flu, the Centers for Disease ... influenza patients. CDC officials say they extended the guidance now because ...

The CDC continues to say the risk from bird flu remains low for most people. With seasonal flu cases high across the nation, nearly all patients hospitalized with influenza probably have the ...

Experts say many of these patients did not get their flu shot this year, and the number of vaccines being administered is dropping. According to the CDC, less than two in five adults have received ...