DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A renewed and expanded effort from chemical giant Bayer to shield itself from lawsuits that claim its ...

Influenza levels in the US are the highest they've been in 15 years amid winter weather and a second wave of the virus.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that flu cases in the United States this season are at their highest levels since the 2009–2010 swine flu. For the first time, the death rate for ...

That is the worst on record in the CDC's influenza surveillance network since late 2009, during the swine flu pandemic. While most flu seasons usually see a resurgence of infections after the ...

During the week ending Feb. 1, 8% of emergency department visits were due to flu compared with 3.2% the same time last year, according to the CDC data. Additionally, 31.6% of tests came back ...

In the U.S., bird flu is spreading rapidly on poultry and dairy farms—and data censorship could pose risks to combating it, ...

It would be helpful for many, such as public health officials, veterinarians and cat owners, to have such bird flu studies in hand. But they have remained in the proverbial bush. A CDC ...

Flu cases have been surging across the United States, according to the latest estimates of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released on Friday. There have been at least 24 ...

The CDC estimates there have been at least 24 million illnesses, 310,000 hospitalizations and 13,000 deaths from the flu so far this season, which started Oct. 1. Nearly 60 of those who died were ...

In total, 57 pediatric deaths have been reported due to the flu, with 10 from the most recently reported week alone.Each week, the CDC monitors doctors' visits for flu-like illnesses and labels ...