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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ended its emergency response to bird flu as the outbreak that sickened dozens of people, spread to cattle, and drove up egg prices has abated.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today provided an update on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s comprehensive, five-pronged strategy announced in February to combat Highly Pathogenic ...
Which vaccines are available? There are a variety of vaccines you may be offered when you book in or turn up for a flu vaccine. Over the past few years, new types of vaccines have been developed ...
Here's what could be behind surging flu cases, plus symptoms to watch For a second time this season, the flu is surging, with at least 41 states reporting high or very high levels of the virus ...
Flu A and flu B are two different strains of influenza, explains Thomas Russo, M.D., professor and chief of infectious disease at the University at Buffalo in New York.
Flu A and flu B symptoms Whether it's flu A or flu B, you can expect to develop the same symptoms — so it'll be impossible to know which strain you have just based off the symptoms. In addition ...
Related Resources Get up to speed for the coming flu season with ACC's free online course, Taking the Lead: Flu and Cardiovascular Disease, and review the latest evidence adding more support to the ...
Coughing is one of the body's defense mechanisms of getting rid of phlegm, mucus, sputum, postnasal drip, or a foreign body. A variety of factors can cause cough in babies, and while coughing is a ...
Over 160,000 people this season have landed in the hospital from flu complications, CDC estimates. More than 6,600 have died. Here's the symptoms.
Earache in kids is common and can result from different causes. For example, your child may complain about pain in the ears ...
Less than half of Americans plan to get COVID or flu vaccines this year, survey finds The effectiveness of this year's influenza vaccine was lower in South America than last season, the Centers ...
While bird flu infections in humans are rare, they can be deadly when they happen. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there have been 889 H5N1 infections in humans from 2003 to 2024.