Researchers conducted a voluntary surveillance program in a Kansas City, Missouri, school district to detect the prevalence of respiratory viruses among students and staff members.
Dairy cows in nine states are infected and hospitals are looking to the government for guidance.
Though the flu season is winding down, the CDC received 10 more reports of pediatric flu deaths, including one from a flu A/flu B coinfection.
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But the CDC report describes the incidence of TB in the United States as still “among the lowest in the world.”
Vivien Dugan, director of the flu division at the CDC, is helping to lead the national response to the H5N1 bird flu outbreak in cows.
Declining vaccine rates and a post-pandemic resurgence of respiratory diseases are helping to fuel whooping cough’s return
Federal health officials say the U.S. has the building blocks to make a vaccine to protect humans from bird flu, if needed. But experts warn…
One person died as a result of a tuberculosis outbreak among residents of a single-room occupancy hotel in Long Beach, health officials announced Thursday. Nine…
Officially, only one person has caught bird flu during the current outbreak among dairy cattle, but experts are hearing of others getting sick. The U.S.…
Dairy cows in nine states are infected and hospitals are looking to the government for guidance.
