San Francisco confirmed that a child in the city became the first case of H5N1. A panel of biotech leaders discussed what ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging hospitals to accelerate advanced testing of people they suspect ...

Doctors should use infection control measures if a hospitalized patient has suspected, probable, or confirmed H5N1, putting ...

Bird flu is a disease caused by avian influenza A viruses, according to the CDC. The virus mostly spreads between birds and ...

SAN FRANCISCO ... 19, influenza, and RSV based on symptoms and tested positive for influenza A. As part of SFDPH enhanced surveillance, the specimen was subsequently tested for H5N1." ...

Cases have been spreading across the country since April 2024 with 67 confirmed as of Thursday, according to the Centers for ...

Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that hospitals speed up testing people who are ...

Health officials in San Francisco ... for COVID-19, influenza and RSV based on symptoms and had tested positive for influenza A. The child's specimen was then tested for H5N1, which was positive.

WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a new recommendation for hospitals to accelerate ...

CDC officials say they extended the guidance now because they are seeing more H5N1 patients whose illness they cannot track ...

As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains, bird flu is a disease caused by the influenza A virus. At ...