H5N1 is a highly contagious strain of avian influenza A that primarily affects birds. It has circulated for years, but a more ...

HMPV is a seasonal virus and, although it can cause ... global health experts are not overly concerned. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is monitoring the situation ...

News about an outbreak or mystery virus can trigger fear. Use four questions to assess whether the reports are something to ...

The Department of Health and Human Services has granted an exemption to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to hire a new class of its disease detectives, multiple CDC officials said ...

Scientist and doctors from around the world are raising warning flags about the bird flu that has decimated poultry ...

The big picture: HMPV is similar to respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV ... In the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that as of Dec. 28, 1.94% of weekly tests were positive ...

The Trump administration shuttered the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC), ending three ...

Experts urge U.S. to prepare for possible new pandemic as H5N1 bird flu outbreak spreads with dairy animal and human cases. Here's what to know.

A majority of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's work group on COVID ... all Americans to get vaccinated against the virus each year, officials said Tuesday. Instead of the agency's ...

The vaccine analyzed was a live zoster vaccine, which contains a weakened form of the varicella zoster virus that ... relationship. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention already ...

As worries grow about the potential for a bird flu pandemic, leading virologists warn there's a rising threat from H5N1 and ...