A student in Kollam, Kerala tests positive for swine flu, one of the most contagious diseases in the world. As cases rise in ...

But how do researchers know that if a person tests positive for influenza A, it’s not H5N1 avian flu? “We don’t have the ability to differentiate through quick, ...

Recent screening studies have found that 14 to 70 percent of those hospitalized with flu-like illness test positive for more than one viral pathogen. Read: We accidentally solved the flu.

Several people have tested positive for bird flu in the U.S., raising questions about the availability of tests in the event of a potential outbreak. As of July 11, the H5N1 virus has affected ...

It promises a special kind of hell — the misery of both flu and COVID-19 crashing down at exactly the same time. “Flurona,” as it has been dubbed, was detected in a teenage boy who tested ...

Of all the flu tests reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since the start of flu season last fall, about 97% have turned up positive for influenza A. Influenza A is further ...

Two farmworkers in California tested positive for H5 bird flu, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed on Thursday. The confirmation came hours after the California Department ...

Our Verify experts say no, just because you have a cold, the flu or recently got the flu shot, that alone won't make you test positive for COVID-19 ...

A person in Texas tested positive for avian influenza after exposure to dairy cattle presumed to be infected with the H5N1 bird flu, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.