Here’s what to know about the United States’ first confirmed severe case of H5N1 avian influenza—and how to protect yourself.

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Public health officials have just reported the first known “severe” case of bird flu in the United States. There are now 61 ...

Medscape Medical News spoke with the CDC expert on the current H5N1 situation in the United States and ongoing surveillance ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the first case of severe bird flu in the U.S. on Wednesday.

An investigation by the Louisiana Department of Health and CDC has determined that the hospitalized patient, a resident of ...

The Atlanta-based CDC says the case is the first bird flu infection in the United States that has been linked to backyard ...

The patient had been exposed to sick and dead birds in backyard flocks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Dave Weldon’s long record of promoting the disproven link between vaccines and autism raises concerns among some public ...

Public health experts worry that Weldon could undermine confidence in vaccines even as infectious-disease threats such as ...

A hospitalized patient in Louisiana is the first confirmed severe case of bird flu in the United States, the Centers for ...

Here’s a look at mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, in the United States. Mpox is a viral disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus. In 2022, an outbreak was declared a public health ...