The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging hospitals to accelerate advanced testing of people they suspect may have bird flu.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are monitoring the bird flu situation in the United States. Here's what to know and how to stay safe.

H5N1, or bird flu, poses a limited risk to humans but remains a serious threat. Learn how it spreads, its symptoms, and key precautions to prevent infection.

Opens in a new tab or window The CDC is now calling for subtyping of influenza ... current threat of H5N1 to public health remains low, and that the potential for this virus to cause a pandemic ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today released an advisory recommending clinicians expedite subtyping of type A influenza samples from hospitalized patients, particularly individuals in an intensive care unit.

H5N1 bird flu hits Georgia’s poultry industry marking the first commercial outbreak in the state Learn CDC prevention tips to protect public health and livelihoods

H5N1 first human death was reported in USA. Since then, health authorities have been monitoring and cases and shave sounded alarm regarding its mutation rate.

Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease and senior scholar at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, told Salon H5N1 and other avian influenza viruses are a type A influenza virus. "We do need subtype confirmation to make sure it's ‘H5,’ and sub-type ...

Seasonal influenza vaccines triggered protective immune responses against the H5N1 avian influenza virus primarily in younger people, indicating its potential use as a first line of defense during an eventful pandemic.

Learn more about how a vaccine could help prevent the spread of the avian flu virus but may also cause the virus to evolve faster.

With cases of avian influenza A(H5N1) continuing to rise among cattle and humans in the US, scientists and government health officials are preparing for the potential of the virus adapting to ...

The findings come at a time when outbreaks of bird flu -- a different subtype of the ... of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 influenza virus currently circulating