Hospitals should expand and speed up testing of people hospitalised with influenza to see if they are suffering from bird flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The testing is done using antibodies from ferrets ... The first estimates from CDC's influenza vaccine effectiveness studies for this season are expected to be released by the end of this month.

Influenza levels in the US are the highest they've been in 15 years amid winter weather and a second wave of the virus.

The flu season has reached its peak, according to new data from the Atlanta-based CDC. This comes just weeks after CDC data ...

In an update yesterday on scientific investigations related to H5N1 avian flu activity, the Centers for Disease Control and ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says the current winter presented unusually high flu risk.

The CDC expects several more weeks of flu ... The percentage of people testing positive for influenza during the week ending Feb. 22 trended downward at 24.5%, which is down from 31.6% during ...

In response to this season’s high flu activity and the ongoing avian flu outbreaks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has advised clinicians and laboratories to conduct subtype ...

Related CDC layoffs strike deeply at its ability to respond to current flu, norovirus and measles outbreaks CDC declares 'high severity' of flu cases for all ages U.S. influenza cases reach 15 ...

The study provides growing evidence of the threat it poses even when cats have no direct exposure to sick dairy cows or poultry.

Per the CDC, Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 and A(H3N2 ... The Mississippi Department of Health will provide free flu testing and free Tamiflu for people 13 and older without insurance.