Preliminary case of bird flu in Washington state would be U.S.'s first in 9 months

Health officials in Washington state say they have identified the nation’s first human case of bird flu since February, pending confirmatory testing.
Scientific American

Are Turkeys at Risk of Bird Flu This Thanksgiving?

Nearly two million U.S. turkeys have died from bird flu in recent months. An agricultural economist explains what ongoing ...

Sonoma County farmers confront new avian flu wave and debate over vaccine

At least three Sonoma County poultry farms have tested positive for avian flu in the past three weeks, early echoes of the ...
ABC News

Swine Flu Declining in Some Parts of U.S.

Nov. 21 -- FRIDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Some areas of the United States are seeing declines in H1N1 swine flu activity, a federal health official said Friday, and while the disease remains ...
CNN

CDC: U.S. may need 600 million swine flu vaccine doses

Questions abound about how to best inoculate the world against swine flu as health officials plan for a campaign that could dwarf any previous flu vaccination effort. Among the issues to be resolved ...
ABC News

Older People at Greater Risk of Swine Flu Death

Nov. 13 -- WEDNESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) -- A study of H1N1 swine flu in Mexico finds that while babies and people under the age of 40 are most likely to get sick, elderly people have the ...