Note that people don't catch the bird flu virus by eating cooked chicken, turkey, or duck, as high temperatures kill the virus. The CDC has created two candidate vaccines for the H5N1 bird flu and ...

The majority of the cases in the U.S. are being caused by influenza A, primarily the H3N2 and H1N1 strains, according to the CDC. Flu A tends to be more aggressive in adults and hit earlier than ...

Patients hospitalized with flu should be tested for H5N1 bird flu within 24 hours, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday, upgrading its recent recommendation. Before now ...

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 it's important to accelerate the ...

A San Francisco resident is the second child in the United States to contract the viral bird flu, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed to SFGATE. A CDC spokesperson ...

So far, 67 human bird flu cases have been confirmed in the U.S., the CDC says. A child in San Francisco was recently confirmed to be the third human case of bird flu in the United States in which ...

The CDC does not believe it has been missing bird flu infections in people, Shah said. "The system is working as it should," said Shah, adding that health officials want results sooner in case any ...

The CDC recommends several measures to curb the spread of bird flu: Avoid direct contact with wild birds and other animals infected with or suspected to be infected with avian influenza A viruses.

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Spartanburg County has a confirmed case of the bird flu. The CDC reports the virus was detected on Dec. 31, 2024, in a flock of about 490 birds. The CDC didn’t ...

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Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that hospitals speed up testing people who are hospitalized with the flu for H5N1 bird flu. Health care workers in ...