San Francisco confirmed that a child in the city became the first case of H5N1. A panel of biotech leaders discussed what ...

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

CDC officials confirmed earlier this week that a second San Francisco ... to test for the H5N1 bird flu subtypes are urged to ...

Bird flu is a disease caused by avian influenza A viruses, according to the CDC. The virus mostly spreads between birds and ...

The agency also does not believe it is currently missing cases of H5N1 infection, he said. However, the changes come in the context of a recent case of H5N1 in a child in San Francisco who had ...

Due to ongoing sporadic H5N1 avian flu infections and brisk levels of seasonal flu activity, the US Centers for Disease ...

Its alert to doctors and hospitals follows a few rare but mysterious bird flu cases in the US – including, most recently, a child in San Francisco confirmed to have had H5N1 influenza – that ...

(CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging hospitals to accelerate advanced testing of people they suspect may have bird flu. Its alert to doctors and hospitals follows ...