The CDC conducted a genetic analysis of an H5N1 bird flu sample from a person in Louisiana that shows the disease could be more transmittable to humans. The person became infected with the “D1.1 genotype virus,” which closely resembles the virus “detected in wild birds and poultry in the...
As of Feb. 6, 2025, most states have "high" or "very high" levels of flu-like illness. This map from the CDC uses the proportion of outpatient visits to health care providers for influenza-like illness (ILI) to measure the level within a state.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
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CDC flu map See the full interactive map here This year's uptick in flu cases is happening when children’s hospitals already are dealing with a surge of illnesses from RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, a common cause of coldlike symptoms that can be serious for infants and the elderly...
Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, spoke frankly on the United States’ dire COVID-19 situation, saying that “we are not even close to being over this.” In an livestreamed Monday interviewwith Howard Bauchner, M.D. of the ...
CDC flu map See the full interactive map here This year's uptick in flu cases is happening when children’s hospitals already are dealing with a surge of illnesses from RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, a common cause of coldlike symptoms that can be serious for infants and the ...
flu. The map for the week of Jan. 30 shows that flu activity was minimal in all 54 of the 55 states and territories in the report. The only area to not be included in that list of 54, Washington, D.C., didn't provide enough data to make a determination regarding the ILI activity...
The CDC first cautioned Americans to stay off cruise ships in 2020 during the height of the health crisis. The agency said last year thatclose quarters on ships could allow COVID-19 to spreadrapidly, raising the risk of passengers and crew getting infected. As the COVID-19 Omicron variant...
A genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the nation’s first severe case of the illness, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this week.
At a U.S. News health forum, the physician-governor said that travel restrictions could be needed if measles or bird flu outbreaks ‘explode.’ Alan KronenbergFeb. 21, 2025 Meet 2024 YR4 While the chances of 2024 YR4 hitting Earth decreased, the risk of it colliding with ...