Bird flu is a disease caused by avian influenza A viruses, according to the CDC. The virus mostly spreads between birds and dairy cows, but there have been 67 human cases of bird flu nationwide and one death tied to the infection since 2024, CDC records show.

The CDC is calling for expanded testing of bird flu after a child in California tested positive for the virus despite no known contact with animals.

As part of a flurry of new executive orders and directives from the Trump administration, agencies under the Department of Health and Human Services were mandated to pause outgoing communications — a move that has sparked concerns across the public health sector.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says hospitals treating people for the flu should test them for avian influenza within 24 hours.

SAN FRANCISCO -- The CDC has confirmed the positive bird flu case in a child in San Francisco. City health officials first reported on a presumptive case in a child on Jan. 10 and continue to ...

Patients are coming in with “more severe symptoms, slowing our ability to discharge them,” one hospital official said.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was pressed to clarify his views on vaccines, abortion and public health priorities in the first of two senate hearings as he tries to make the case to become President Donald Trump’s health secretary.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s anti-vaccine advocacy is outside the mainstream. His previous statements on abortion could alienate Republicans. But a new poll finds that not all of his controversial health goals are unpopular — in fact, at least one has broad support among Democrats and Republicans.

Public Health Threats The world faces a host of public health threats this year including Avian flu, Norovirus, Human metapneumovirus, Oropouche, and the continued threat of Covid-19. Alongside the lower

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Ozempic has now also been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to reduce certain risks associated with chronic kidney disease, drugmaker Novo Nordisk said Tuesday.

The Trump administration has made some concessions to the halt placed on distributions of global HIV treatments via