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

The flu vaccine is generally about 40% effective at completely preventing influenza, according to Blumberg. The flu vaccine ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says hospitals treating people for the flu should test them for avian ...

Influenza is high across the country, and Indiana is among the states affected. Here's what we know about how long flu lasts, ...

A child in Wisconsin has died from the flu, the state's first pediatric flu death of the current flu season, the state Department of Health Services announced Thursday.

Flu is taking off in the U.S., with 40 states reporting high or very high levels of flu-like illness last week ...

“For example, if a human gets infected with a bird flu and also carries a human influenza A virus, these two viruses can ...

Some of the highest levels of influenza are now in Western states, several of which have already topped the peaks recorded during the worst of last winter's flu season. In Oregon, the CDC's data ...

More Americans are getting infected with seasonal influenza and seeking care, a regular occurrence this time of year.

So yeah, we are certainly in flu season now,” said Alicia Budd, an epidemiologist in CDC’s Influenza Division. At least nine children have died from influenza this season. LIGHTFIELD STUDIOS ...