Given the large number of animal-to-human transmissions of bird flu that have occurred in the past year, Nirav Shah, principal deputy director at CDC said ... to gather more information about ...

Each season, flu vaccines protect against ... he added. For more information about the types of influenza and the most recent data, visit the CDC website, which includes a weekly flu dashboard.

But the H5N1 bird flu virus, which was first identified in 1996 when it spread from wild birds to domestic birds, can. In fact ... available vaccine against H5N1 influenza, but the CDC has ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ... vaccine as soon as you can each fall. But there is one thing the flu vaccine can't do: safeguard you from the flu immediately. In fact ...

It's flu season right now, and the U.S. is in the midst of a wave that's straining hospitals. But not all influenza is the same. There are some notable differences between flu A and flu B strains.

Whether you have influenza A or B, you can expect to develop the same general set of symptoms, the experts say. In fact ... the CDC explains. Previously, the flu vaccine also included a B strain ...