Some rural Kansas counties are offering free flu vaccines targeting farm workers amid an ongoing nationwide bird flu outbreak ...

“CDC is working with pharmacy networks eTrueNorth and Walgreens on a pilot program to provide free testing of symptomatic ...

Bird flu (H5N1) has been spreading across the country, among both animals and people, since April of this year. As the ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is updating its recommendations for testing, treatment and protection ...

Federal health officials are recommending expanded testing of dairy farm workers after a new study found evidence of ...

The CDC collaborates with diagnostics industry leaders to develop a rapid, point-of-need test for avian influenza A/H5 in ...

Shah, the CDC's principal deputy director. The agency also recommends giving workers Tamiflu, an antiviral medication for flu ...

Following a CDC study showing bird flu exposure among dairy workers, health officials recommend increased testing and ...

A new study revealed more farmworkers had signs of infection, even though they reportedly did not display symptoms of illness.

The CDC study provides the largest window to date into how the bird virus first detected in March in dairy cows may be ...

The most common bird flu symptoms among those sick workers were red, itchy eyes with discharge, while the other four reported ...

The health agency now urges proactive testing and treatment for the virus among any workers who were exposed to H5N1.