The first human to have ever been infected with H5N5 strain of bird flu has died, Washington state health officials confirmed late Friday.

Just in time for the busy Thanksgiving travel and family gathering season, health experts are keeping a close eye on a new ...

For the flu, vaccination trends are a little muddier. Some sources have suggested flu vaccinations are down. Over two million ...

A Washington state resident has tested positive for bird flu — the first U.S. human case reported in about nine months and the first ever involving the H5N5 strain, health officials said last week.

After a Western Washington resident became the first human to contract a rare form of avian flu, you may be wondering if ...

One person had died from the disease. In early January, a backyard flock keeper hospitalized with bird flu in Louisiana ...

A mutated strain of influenza A, H3N2 subclade K, is surging worldwide, sparking concerns about a severe flu season in the ...

A Washington resident has been hospitalized with bird flu, and they're infected with a strain of the virus that hasn't been ...

ATLANTA -- The initial swine flu vaccine doses this week will be the nasal spray version, and arm injections will begin next week to help meet demand, health officials said Tuesday.

Suspicions that there may be more bird flu going around undetected were backed by a voluntary serosurvey among veterinary practitioners who work with cattle, CDC investigators said. Out of 150 ...

ATLANTA — The CDC on Wednesday confirmed the first swine flu death outside of Mexico in the current outbreak, a 23-month-old child in Texas. The child died in Houston, Kathy Barton, a spokeswoman for ...

Christine Wear’s voice trembles talking about the upcoming flu season. “Anxieties are high,” she said. “We’re trying to navigate what life should look like without being in a bubble.” Wear’s son, ...