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At least 43 states and the District of Columbia are currently reporting "very high" or "high" influenza-like illness activity, per the CDC. Flu-related ... they're fever-free without any ...

A study looking at whether veterinarians who work with cows have been unknowingly infected with H5N1 bird flu supports the idea that some human infections are being missed. The study, published ...

Avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, is taking a toll on migrating sandhill cranes and other waterfowl as the deadly ...

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The Ohio Department of Health is reporting the state’s first probable human case of influenza A (H5), also known as Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), or bird flu.

The CDC has classified this flu season as one of high severity across all age groups, the first such classification since ...

After going quiet on bird flu, CDC scientists have published a report on its spread among veterinarians. The findings suggest ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...