Some rural Kansas counties are offering free flu vaccines targeting farm workers amid an ongoing nationwide bird flu outbreak ...

H5N1 avian influenza, more commonly known as bird flu, has infected more than 100 million birds in the U.S. and almost 500 ...

The reasoning actually favors epidemiologists but hopefully will keep our rural neighbors from being so sneeze-y this holiday season . . . Check-it . . .

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

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

The CDC collaborates with diagnostics industry leaders to develop a rapid, point-of-need test for avian influenza A/H5 in ...

Federal health officials are recommending expanded testing of dairy farm workers after a new study found evidence of ...

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

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

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 ...

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