Doctors and researchers said the moves will make it harder to detect potentially dangerous changes. If the virus continues to ...

The shift reflects the current public health situation, marked by declines in human cases as well as animal detections ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ended its emergency response for bird flu as the outbreak that sickened ...

Bird flu continues to spread quickly through the U.S. farm system because that system is inherently a viral playground.

The CDC's vaccine advisory committee voted to recommend annual flu vaccines but against flu shots containing the preservative ...

Thimerosal is an ingredient that helps keep vaccines pathogen free. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel, recently restructured by Health and Human Services Secretary ...

A CDC panel’s vote to stop recommending thimerosal-containing flu shots would have limited impact, but it illustrates how the ...

Used in very low amounts, thimerosal has been used since the 1930s to prevent contamination in multidose vaccine vials, and ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it has ended its emergency response to H5N1 bird flu, citing a drop in ...

The CDC is ending its emergency response to bird flu, citing a significant drop in cases between February and July.

According to the CDC, there has been a decline in animal infections and no reports of human cases since February.