The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also says smallpox vaccines and antivirals can be used to treat mpox as well as control it. What are the symptoms people should be aware of?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is updating its recommendations for testing, treatment and protection for workers who may be exposed to animals infected with bird flu.

Shah, the CDC's principal deputy director. The agency also recommends giving workers Tamiflu, an antiviral medication for flu, if they weren't using protective equipment during a high-risk ...

Health officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday called for more testing of people on farms who have contracted bird flu. The federal agency updated its ...

Federal officials said Thursday that farmworkers exposed to bird flu should be tested for the virus even if they are not showing any symptoms, especially if they were not wearing the proper ...

The CDC concluded that more bird flu testing of dairy farm employees is required. According to Dr. Nirav Shah, the CDC’s principal director, dairy employees who come into close contact with ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is updating its recommendations for testing, treatment and protection for workers who may be exposed to animals infected with bird flu. The update ...

CDC: NO PERSON-TO-PERSON SPREAD — Public health experts say they would “love” more answers about why a close contact of a Missouri avian flu patient had antibodies against the virus — but ...

Rising H5N1 bird flu cases in the U.S. prompted the CDC to study the virus in ferrets, revealing it may have the potential to spread and cause severe symptoms in other mammals. H5N1 bird flu is ...

head of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease, said during a call with reporters. Out of the 115 workers, 40 percent said they started to feel sick after bird flu ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) seems to be taking an “if it ain’t broke” approach to its annual flu vaccine push. Rather than debuting an entirely new concept ...

The CDC now suggests getting an updated flu and COVID-19 vaccine each year. Jennifer Wick, director of ambulatory pharmacy at Christ Hospital, said, "While the flu shot may not 100 percent prevent ...