The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging health care workers to accelerate bird flu testing for patients ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging health care workers to accelerate bird flu testing for ...

The U.S. reported its first human death from H5N1 bird flu, marking a significant milestone in the outbreak. The patient was ...

The patient, who was older than 65 and had underlying medical conditions, was hospitalized weeks ago in critical condition ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says hospitals treating people for the flu should test them for avian ...

The Louisiana patient was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu in the first death in the U.S. caused by the H5N1 virus.

The CDC is monitoring developments closely because the United States is in the middle of flu season. With more patients ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today released an advisory recommending clinicians expedite subtyping of type ...

A person in Louisiana who was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu has died.

Genetic sequences of H5N1 bird flu viruses collected ... contacts of the person who was hospitalized. The CDC said it is working with the Louisiana Department of Public Health to generate ...

CDC officials have said cases of severe H5N1 illness and deaths are not unexpected. “CDC is saddened by Louisiana’s report that a person previously hospitalized with severe avian influenza A ...

The Louisiana Department of Health yesterday announced ... person-to-person transmission has been identified. As of Jan. 7, ...