Shah, the CDC's principal deputy director. The agency also recommends giving workers Tamiflu, an antiviral medication for flu ...

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

Rising H5N1 bird flu cases in the U.S. prompted the CDC to study the virus in ferrets, revealing it may have the potential to ...

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

The most common bird flu symptoms among those sick workers were red, itchy eyes with discharge, while the other four reported ...

Protection from shots like the flu vaccine typically takes a couple of weeks to kick in, so getting one now may offer ...

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

A teenager has been left in critical condition after contracting the first presumptive human case of avian influenza in Canada. Expert Sam Scarpino discusses the health risk and potential for spread.

A new study revealed more farmworkers had signs of infection, even though they reportedly did not display symptoms of illness.

Following a CDC study showing bird flu exposure among dairy workers, health officials recommend increased testing and ...

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