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Bird flu FAQ: Everything you need to know about the H5N1 outbreak that’s spread to dairy cows in 9 states
The disease has spread to poultry in 48 states, dairy cattle in nine, and two people in Texas and Colorado. ...
Bird flu: What are the human symptoms and how does it spread?
At least nine U.S. farm workers had tested positive for the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, or bird flu, as ...
Bird flu could merge with seasonal flu to make mutated virus that could spread among humans, CDC warns
The 2024–25 flu shot doesn’t prevent H5N1 bird flu but could play a pivotal role in preventing a pandemic. Read ...
Norovirus rates have skyrocketed by 340% this season. Here’s where the ‘winter vomiting disease’ is spreading and why
The CDC reported 91 norovirus outbreaks the week of Dec. 5, 2024, up from 69 the previous week. Read More
Got COVID? Here are the new 2024 isolation guidelines
The CDC no longer advises a five-day isolation period when you test positive, but recommends taking other precautions once your ...
New COVID vaccines are here. What to know about latest shots in wake of nation’s biggest summer surge
Citing skyrocketing COVID spread, the FDA announced in late August that it had approved Pfizer’s Comirnaty and Moderna’s Spikevax vaccines ...
New flu shots have arrived. Here’s the best time to get your annual vaccine
Depending on your age, overall health, and travel plans, the CDC may recommend you get a flu shot sooner rather ...
What to know about whooping cough symptoms and spread amid 2024 outbreak
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had preliminarily documented more than 17,600 whooping cough infections in the U.S. as ...
Pneumonia can be a deadly complication of COVID, the flu, and RSV: What to know about pneumococcal vaccination
More than 41,000 people in the U.S. died of pneumonia in 2022, according to the CDC. Read More
Could your cough be walking pneumonia? Here are the symptoms of the spiking bacterial illness
Infections tend to be most common among older children and adolescents but in 2024 have been rampant among young children, ...
