If the new administration embraces proposals to cut the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's budget and its mission, ...

The new guidance comes after blood tests for 115 farmworkers in Michigan and Colorado showed that eight workers — or 7% — had ...

Secondly, the CDC is now recommending offering oseltamivir – a prescription medication to treat influenza that's often marketed under the name Tamiflu – to asymptomatic workers who have ...

Updated vaccines, proper hygiene and staying home when you're sick can help prevent the spread of respiratory illnesses this ...

Ferrets—while commonly used in influenza research—are not a perfect parallel for humans. And the studied strain is similar ...

A teenager has been left in critical condition after contracting the first presumptive human case of avian influenza in ...

A British Columbia teenager is in critical condition with Canada's first presumptive human case of avian influenza. Officials ...

As H5N1 bird flu continues to spread around the US, health officials recently found that 7 percent of dairy workers tested on ...

Following a CDC study showing bird flu exposure among dairy workers, health officials recommend increased testing and ...

State health officials are investigating possible sources of the H5 avian influenza virus detected for the first time in a wastewater sample from Oahu. The Hawaii Department of Health said the ...

While the exact strain is yet to be determined, authorities have presumed the virus is H5N1 – the strain currently ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is updating its recommendations for testing, treatment and protection ...