The CDC's latest estimate slightly increased the risk the H5N1 bird flu virus could trigger a pandemic — but the agency still ...

Several major pharmacy chains have opened appointments for flu shots for the 2024-25 season, making shots available for most ...

Is August too early to get a flu shot? Here’s when and where flu shots are available this year and when the CDC recommends getting one.

All the countries where cases have been confirmed - Infection is rapidly spreading in central Africa and a first case has ...

The CDC slightly raised its risk assessment of the H5N1 bird flu virus in an Aug. 9 update, noting it poses a future "potential public health risk." ...

People can and do get sick with the flu year-round. For instance, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that during the week ending August 3, 2024, only about 0.6 ...

Get the information ... against the seasonal flu. That vaccine doesn’t offer any protection against H5N1, which is a different strain of influenza, said Shah, from the CDC.

Advertising The CDC also updated its vaccine recommendations for the flu and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, as it gears up for the spread of respiratory infections that typically starts in ...

The CDC also has recommendations for fair exhibitors, including limiting the time pigs, poultry and cattle are on display to 72 hours or less. The Allegan County Fair in Michigan, if there is an ...

New COVID-19 cases are popping up globally, as at least 40 Olympic athletes in Paris have tested positive for COVID-19 or ...

Since 2022, the USDA has tracked over 300 cases of the EA H5N1 strain in mammals across the US. From March 2024 to the ...

Aug. 4—Colorado continues its fight against bird flu in Weld County after it expanded to cow herds in July. State officials have issued three quarantine orders to commercial poultry plants in Weld ...