Urgent CDC data and analyses on influenza and bird flu go missing as outbreaks escalate
Sonya Stokes, an emergency room physician in the San Francisco Bay Area, braces herself for a daily deluge of patients sick ...
Doctors' visits for flu continuing to reach record levels: CDC
The rate of Americans visiting doctors’ offices for flu-like illness is continuing to reach record levels, new CDC data ...
Deadly flu season: CDC reports more deaths from flu than COVID in recent weekly data
Weekly numbers show that 2% of U.S. deaths for week 5 were due to the flu. COVID was responsible for 1.5% of deaths in the ...
Have the flu or know someone with it? Flu cases surge to highest levels in 15 years, CDC says
Influenza levels in the US are the highest they've been in 15 years amid winter weather and a second wave of the virus.
Delayed CDC report shows increased evidence of bird flu spread to people
The report is the latest evidence that the outbreak in dairy herds is spreading undetected in cows, and the spillover into ...
Why is this year’s flu season so bad? Doctors weigh in on symptoms and prevention
Doctor visits for flu symptoms are at a 15-year high. Why is this flu season so bad? Doctors discuss flu trends, symptoms and ...
Trump admin fires CDC 'disease detectives' as bird flu fears rise: sources
Nearly half of an elite US epidemiology program known as the "disease detectives" were dismissed by the Trump administration ...
Bird flu infections in dairy cows are more widespread than we thought, according to a new CDC study
A CDC study has found H5N1 bird flu antibodies in veterinarians who had no symptoms and no knowledge they had been working ...
Flu activity reaches a new peak, latest CDC data shows
The CDC has classified this flu season as one of high severity across all age groups, the first such classification since ...
Are eggs safe to eat as bird flu spreads? Food to eat and avoid
So, the CDC says if eggs are cooked properly, they are safe to eat. This means cooking eggs to an internal temperature of 165 ...
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Flu is so bad right now that schools across the country are closing
At least 43 states and the District of Columbia are currently reporting "very high" or "high" influenza-like illness activity, per the CDC. Flu-related ER visits and hospitalizations are also surging.
Some people didn't know they had a bird flu infection, study of veterinarians suggests
The new study is more evidence that the official U.S. tally of confirmed human bird flu infections — 68 in the last year — is likely a significant undercount, said Dr. Gregory Gray, an infectious ...