A devastating wave of respiratory illnesses is sweeping across 40 US states, with millions already affected.

Sonya Stokes, an emergency room physician in the San Francisco Bay Area, braces herself for a daily deluge of patients sick with coughs, soreness, fevers, vomiting, and other flu-like symptoms.

Delays in CDC analyses of infectious disease threats and agency silence will harm Americans, doctors and ...

Flu season is in full force in the United States. At least 310,000 flu-related hospitalizations and 13,000 deaths have been ...

A CDC study has found H5N1 bird flu antibodies in veterinarians who had no symptoms and no knowledge they had been working ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that flu cases in the United States this season are at their highest levels since the 2009–2010 swine flu. For the first time, the death rate for ...

To reduce the odds of catching the flu and colds, experts say consider tried-and-true prevention methods like hand washing and mask wearing.

Influenza levels in the US are the highest they've been in 15 years amid winter weather and a second wave of the virus.

So far this season, the CDC estimates there have been at least 24 million flu illnesses, 310,000 hospitalizations and 13,000 ...

Here's what parents need to know about the influenza vaccine for babies and children, plus why it's so important.

"This idea that science cannot continue until there's a political lens over it is unprecedented," Dr. Anne Schuchat, a former principal deputy director at the CDC, told CNN. "I hope it's going to ...

Bird Flu Studies Delayed as White House Halts CDC Reports By India Edwards HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Jan. 31, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- As a bird flu outbreak escalates across the U.S., the Trump ...