Any patient hospitalized with influenza should be quickly checked for H5N1 bird flu, the Centers for Disease Control and ...

The CDC is now calling for subtyping of influenza A viruses in all hospitalized patients -- and on an accelerated timeline, ideally within 24 hours. Nirav Shah, MD, JD, principal deputy director of ...

This season's influenza vaccine may have been a poor match to a strain of the flu virus that caused many infections this winter, early data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The most recent CDC influenza surveillance report reveals that 44 jurisdictions had influenza activity of “high” or “very high,” yet vaccination activity remains low across the ...

The Centers for Disease Control issued a health alert calling for the immediate testing of patients hospitalized with influenza A to quickly identify avian flu cases. The CDC's new guidance comes ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says the current winter presented unusually high flu risk. The winter was “classified as a high severity season overall and for all age groups ...