San Francisco confirmed that a child in the city became the first case of H5N1. A panel of biotech leaders discussed what ...
The CDC is now calling for subtyping of influenza A viruses in all hospitalized patients -- and on an accelerated timeline, ...
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging hospitals to accelerate advanced testing of people they suspect ...
The H5N9 strain of avian influenza is much more rare than the H5N1 which has been responsible for most of the reported human ...
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 ...
A subtype of bird flu caused by avian influenza A (H5) virus has been spreading worldwide ... including avian influenza A(H5N1), have gained the ability to spread easily and sustainably among ...
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 ...