Flu season is here in New Jersey, but other illnesses are in full swing as well. Cases of influenza increased during holiday gatherings and travel and have been on the rise since then. In the week ...

HURT. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY IS REPORTING A SURGE IN FLU CASES ON CAMPUS. THAT’S ACCORDING TO AN ANNOUNCEMENT SENT OUT TO STUDENTS AND FACULTY. HEALTH SERVICES IS REMINDING PEOPLE THAT IT IS ...

For the first time, birds in a backyard flock in Wayne County have been sickened by the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development ...

Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that hospitals speed up testing people who are hospitalized with the flu for H5N1 bird flu. Health care workers in ...

The CDC issues an advisory recommending that hospitalized patients who have tested positive for influenza be tested for bird flu. Shares of vaccine-related stocks are on watch as previous bird flu ...

People hospitalized for flu should be tested for bird flu within 24 hours, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday in an expansion of the agency's efforts to tackle ...

Meanwhile, on Jan. 6, 2025, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first human death from bird flu in the U.S., in Louisiana. Kimberly Dodd, dean of Michigan State University ...

The 2024-25 flu season continues to see elevated activity across the country, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The influenza activity map shows 43 jursidictions ...

Within a few hours, they had their answer: The birds did, in fact, die from the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus. That confirmation set off a chain of events, which included the ...

The 2024-25 flu season continues to see elevated activity across the country, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The influenza activity map shows 43 jursidictions ...

After a year of rising bird flu cases among people in the United States, researchers are keeping a watchful eye on the H5N1 virus to slow further spread. Since early 2024, the country has recorded ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an advisory Thursday urging health-care workers treating patients hospitalized with the flu to perform an additional test for bird flu within ...