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

Another cause for concern: flu season is underway in the U.S., and as seasonal influenza virus goes around, “humans, ...

FIRST CASE OF HUMAN BIRD FLU DIAGNOSED WITHOUT EXPOSURE TO INFECTED ANIMALS, CDC SAYS Canada's Health Minister Mark Holland ...

Federal health officials are recommending expanded testing of dairy farm workers after a new study found evidence of ...

The CDC study provides the largest window to date into how the bird virus first detected in March in dairy cows may be ...

The CDC's updated recommendations are based, in part, on the study of 115 dairy workers in Colorado and Michigan. Blood tests ...

Health officials were struggling to answer a broader and potentially worrisome question: how the infection occurred.

Bird flu (H5N1) has been spreading across the country, among both animals and people, since April of this year. As the ...

Canadian health officials have confirmed bird flu in a British Columbia teen. The Public Health Agency of Canada said ...

A Canadian teenager is currently in critical condition after contracting a suspected case of H5N1 bird flu, a British ...

Testing of dairy workers in Michigan and Colorado shows that more workers may be catching bird flu than thought.

The health agency now urges proactive testing and treatment for the virus among any workers who were exposed to H5N1.