Meanwhile, the agency urges faster testing for avian influenza A(H5N1) in hospitalized patients with suspected influenza.

The advisory comes amid concerns that cases of H5N1 avian influenza will sicken more people in the United States.

The widening U.S. bird flu outbreak has made its way to Maryland, which has counted two cases on commercial poultry farms — ...

This includes an 80% increase in syphilis, according to the CDC, and a new survey from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center found that many people have misconceptions about how they are ...

Over 160,000 people this season have landed in the hospital from flu complications, CDC estimates. More than 6,600 have died.

We are expecting another active season of respiratory virus transmission this fall and winter in the US,” says Erica Johnson, ...

Georgia officials halted all in-state poultry sales, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded $590 ...

Before the invention of the polio vaccine, the iron lung supported patients whose lungs were weakened or paralyzed by polio.

A new federal report shows that one drink per day is associated with negative health effects like liver cirrhosis and cancer, ...

In 2023, the 10 leading causes of death remained the same as in 2022. The top leading cause in 2023 was heart disease, ...

Egg prices have increased nationwide by about 38% in the past year. In other cases, eggs are absent from shelves altogether.

The U.S. is seeing a "quad-demic" as cases of COVID-19, flu, RSV and norovirus spread at the same time. Experts said this is ...