By Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek (Reuters) -People hospitalized for flu should be tested for bird flu within 24 hours, the ...

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

Flu season is here in California, but other illnesses are in full swing in the Golden State. Here are the symptoms and how long you're contagious.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is asking that people with flu severe enough to require hospitalization ...

A child in Wisconsin has died from the flu, the state's first pediatric flu death of the current flu season, the state Department of Health Services announced Thursday.

The CDC advises testing hospitalized flu patients for bird flu within 24 hours to prevent delays in identifying human ...

The CDC is calling for expanded testing of bird flu after a child in California tested positive for the virus despite no ...

According to the CDC, less than two in five adults have received a seasonal flu shot this year. As for children, only about one-third have received a shot.

The United States is reportedly seeing a surge in norovirus, flu symptoms and other viral illnesses amid HMPV outbreak in ...

If you’ve ever had a cat, you might have heard your veterinarian mention “cat flu”, probably telling you that you don’t need ...

As health officials track bird flu cases, we're getting answers about what this could mean for human transmission.

Robert Redfield, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), warned that a bird flu pandemic was coming. He said ...