The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging hospitals to accelerate advanced testing of people they suspect ...

Bird flu is a disease caused by avian influenza A viruses, according to the CDC. The virus mostly spreads between birds and ...

Doctors should use infection control measures if a hospitalized patient has suspected, probable, or confirmed H5N1, putting ...

Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that hospitals speed up testing people who are ...

SAN FRANCISCO ... for influenza A. As part of SFDPH enhanced surveillance, the specimen was subsequently tested for H5N1." It is not yet clear how the child contracted bird flu.

Due to ongoing sporadic H5N1 avian flu infections and brisk levels of seasonal flu activity, the US Centers for Disease ...

The CDC has confirmed a new human H5N1 bird flu case in California, raising the US total to 67. Most cases involve farm ...

FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed another human ...

Health officials in San Francisco announced Friday that they are investigating a presumptive case of H5N1 bird flu that was found ... been tested for COVID-19, influenza and RSV based on symptoms ...

San Francisco reported its first case of H5N1 bird flu in a resident. According to the San Francisco Department of Public Health, the virus was detected in a child. The child has fully recovered.

CDC officials say they extended the guidance now because they are seeing more H5N1 patients whose illness they cannot track ...

As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains, bird flu is a disease caused by the influenza A virus. At ...