Sonya Stokes, an emergency room physician in the San Francisco Bay Area, braces herself for a daily deluge of patients sick with coughs, soreness, fevers, vomiting, and other flu-like symptoms.

Delays in CDC analyses of infectious disease threats and agency silence will harm Americans, doctors and public health experts warn

An older woman in southeast Wyoming is hospitalized with bird flu, state health department officials said Friday. It's the state's first human case of Type A H5N1 influenza, which is spreading through animals and some people.

Wyoming’s first case of H5N1 avian influenza in a human has been confirmed in a Platte County older adult, according to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH).

The H5N1 avian influenza outbreak is spreading globally, affecting humans, livestock, and wildlife. In the United States, the virus has infected nearly 70 people since April 2024, primarily farm workers who were in direct contact with infected poultry or dairy cattle.