House Democrats are investigating Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his bird flu response, which ...

A dangerous bird flu, in other words, was suddenly circulating in mammals — mammals with which people have ongoing, extensive ...

One year ago, the first bird flu infection in a human in the United States was reported in a Texas dairy worker. There have ...

New computational modeling of avian influenza variants’ immunoprotein interactions – developed by a research team at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte – reveals the H5N1 influenza virus is ...

The CDC director can reject ACIP recommendations about vaccines approved by the FDA, appoint members who oppose vaccines or abolish the panel altogether. Weldon also would play a major role in the U.S ...

According to information from the CDC, infected birds spread bird flu through fluids, like spit, snot and feces. Other animals can get the virus and spread it via breathing, in other organs and in ...

the same strain of bird flu circulating among dairy cattle in Michigan and 16 other states, the CDC reported February. Kimberly Dodd, dean of the Michigan State University College of Veterinary ...

At the end of January, the CDC reported that less than half of kids were protected against flu. It was around 44%." Reporter Killian Baarlaer contributed. Reach Marina Johnson at Marina.Johnson@ ...

ATLANTA — The flu season has reached its peak, according to new data from the Atlanta-based CDC. This comes just weeks after CDC data shows this year’s flu vaccine was less effective than most ...

So far, 68 bird flu infections have been confirmed in people in the U.S. since March 2024, with one fatal case in Louisiana earlier this year. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...

Since Kennedy took over at HHS, the CDC has ended an ad campaign urging Americans to get the flu shot (its doomed slogan was “Wild to Mild”) and postponed the February meeting of the agency ...