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 ...

The CDC is now calling for subtyping of influenza A viruses in all hospitalized patients -- and on an accelerated timeline, ...

CDC officials confirmed earlier this week that a second San Francisco ... to test for the H5N1 bird flu subtypes are urged to ...

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

Due to ongoing sporadic H5N1 avian flu infections and brisk levels of seasonal flu activity, the US Centers for Disease ...

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

Its alert to doctors and hospitals follows a few rare but mysterious bird flu cases in the US – including, most recently, a child in San Francisco confirmed to have had H5N1 influenza – that ...

(CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging hospitals to accelerate advanced testing of people they suspect may have bird flu. Its alert to doctors and hospitals follows ...