Some rural Kansas counties are offering free flu vaccines targeting farm workers amid an ongoing nationwide bird flu outbreak ...
H5N1 avian influenza, more commonly known as bird flu, has infected more than 100 million birds in the U.S. and almost 500 ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is updating its recommendations for testing, treatment and protection ...
“CDC is working with pharmacy networks eTrueNorth and Walgreens on a pilot program to provide free testing of symptomatic ...
Updated vaccines, proper hygiene and staying home when you're sick can help prevent the spread of respiratory illnesses this ...
Bird flu (H5N1) has been spreading across the country, among both animals and people, since April of this year. As the ...
Rising H5N1 bird flu cases in the U.S. prompted the CDC to study the virus in ferrets, revealing it may have the potential to ...
Shah, the CDC's principal deputy director. The agency also recommends giving workers Tamiflu, an antiviral medication for ...
Protection from shots like the flu vaccine typically takes a couple of weeks to kick in, so getting one now may offer ...
A new study revealed more farmworkers had signs of infection, even though they reportedly did not display symptoms of illness.
The CDC collaborates with diagnostics industry leaders to develop a rapid, point-of-need test for avian influenza A/H5 in ...