In addition to measles, the new CDC director would be charged with helping lead the U.S. response to the growing H5N1 bird flu outbreak, which has decimated poultry flocks and driven up egg prices ...

“Between testing and safe food handling, any poultry being consumed from a grocery store would be safe in my mind,” Bowman said, adding that flu viruses are “very easy to inactivate via heat.” ...

Though flu activity has gone down, the CDC expects several more weeks of influenza. Data suggests the season has peaked, but flu-related medical visits, hospitalizations and deaths remain elevated.

The 2024-25 flu season has brought ... “It is so rampant.” The CDC has reported 40 million illnesses, 520,000 hospitalizations, and 22,000 deaths. This map uses the proportion of outpatient ...

Kaitlyn Covert’s cousin died from the flu at age 4 — a few years before ... according to data released by the CDC on Feb. 27. These estimates drop to 36-54% and 41-55%, respectively, among ...