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 ...

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

The CDC is now calling for subtyping of influenza A viruses in all hospitalized patients -- and on an accelerated timeline, ...

SAN FRANCISCO ... 19, influenza, and RSV based on symptoms and tested positive for influenza A. As part of SFDPH enhanced surveillance, the specimen was subsequently tested for H5N1." ...

Health officials in San Francisco ... for COVID-19, influenza and RSV based on symptoms and had tested positive for influenza A. The child's specimen was then tested for H5N1, which was positive.

A San Francisco child has made a presumptive recovery from H5N1 bird flu, with health officials stressing the low risk to the ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Public health officials say a San Francisco child has presumptively tested positive for H5N1 bird ... for COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus.

CDC officials say they extended the guidance now because they are seeing more H5N1 patients whose illness they cannot track ...

As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains, bird flu is a disease caused by the influenza A virus. At ...

This pathogenic avian influenza A is a subtype that is found in cows ... with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A, H5N1 virus that primarily causes bird flu, has a high potential for ...