A child ill with fever and conjunctivitis in San Francisco tested positive for bird flu but had no known source of ...

If you are sick, the Maine CDC says you should do your part to stay home and prevent the spread of respiratory viruses even ...

The flu vaccine is generally about 40% effective at completely preventing influenza, according to Blumberg. The flu vaccine ...

A number of states are seeing a spike in hospital visits caused by respiratory illnesses as we enter the New Year.

The CDC has revealed the red flags it is monitoring for that suggest that bird flu was about to become the world's next pandemic.

The U.S. has developed a bird flu vaccine that can be prepared when needed. It’s not currently available because health officials haven’t deemed it necessary.

The United States has confirmed the first case of human death from bird flu, also known as avian influenza (H5N1). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the 65-year ...

Some of the highest levels of influenza are now in Western states, several of which have already topped the peaks recorded during the worst of last winter's flu season. In Oregon, the CDC's data ...

The CDC also has been keeping its eye on a rise of illnesses from norovirus, a nasty stomach bug, with 91 outbreaks reported early in December. Investigators also have been closely watching another ...

The Delaware Department of Agriculture announced Friday morning a commercial broiler flock in Kent County has tested ...

The CDC map shows influenza is spreading too. While levels are moderate and low in Pennsylvania and Delaware, the flu is high in New Jersey. "I thought it was a sinus infection. I had no idea like ...