Fatalities among children were high again for a second year in Florida, while national numbers were the highest since the ...

The 216 pediatric deaths recorded by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) eclipse the 207 reported last year, Associated Press reported. It’s the most since the 2009-2010 H1N1 global ...

As bird flu sweeps across US poultry and cattle farms, researchers are racing to find ways to contain the outbreaks before ...

Health officials are making a renewed call for vigilance against bird flu, but some experts are puzzling over why reports of ...

NEW YORK — More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago, according to a federal report released Friday. The 216 pediatric deaths reported by ...

The first death caused by H5N1 bird flu was reported in January 2025. Some believe the virus could eventually pose a widespread risk to the public.

Now it’s more than a year later, and scientists are focused on two big questions: The CDC views the risk of bird flu to the public as low. Khan agrees — for now. “The concern is that this ...

Detections of H5N1 avian influenza have slowed in both animals and humans, but continued surveillance is warranted, CDC researchers said. In dairy cattle, cases surged over the fall and early ...

More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago ... The season has not only been hard on children. CDC officials have described it as “ highly ...

So far, 70 human cases have been confirmed, according to the CDC. Bird flu is continuing to spread in animals across the United States more than a year after the first human case was detected.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - It’s an alarming report from the CDC. The United States has seen the most reported child flu deaths in 2025 (216) since the swine flu pandemic in 2009-2010, and there ...