Hospitals should expand and speed up testing of people hospitalised with influenza to see if they are suffering from bird flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Clinics run by a state vendor near affected farms are giving out $25 gift cards to people who get a swab test for H5N1 bird flu or receive a seasonal flu shot. A CDC van is also visiting some ...

“That’s when everyone went, ‘Whoa, let’s get on calls with the CDC and the USDA ... to directly test dairy products. The general public doesn’t see bird flu as a threat and ...

Public health experts share concerns that the H5N1 bird flu outbreak could turn into a pandemic. What to know after Louisiana ...

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The US should worry about the avian flu 'because it could be another pandemic', an infectious diseases expert said.

Virologists across the globe are raising alarms over the spread of the H5N1 avian flu virus, which is now infecting not just ...

Recently, there have been several human cases of bird flu within U.S. dairy and poultry workers. Currently, the CDC is utilizing flu surveillance systems to monitor avian influenza in people.