The virus is spreading among animals, while viral mutations raise concerns about potential adaptation to human hosts.
The CDC has revealed the red flags it is monitoring for that suggest that bird flu was about to become the world's next pandemic.
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There have already been at least 1.9 million illnesses, 23,000 hospitalizations and just under a thousand deaths from the flu ...
Thirteen states, including Georgia, are early hot spots with high or very high levels of flu activity, about double from the week before, according to CDC surveillance.
"We're starting to see flu activity pick up for the season," Carrie Reed, from the CDC's influenza division, told Newsweek.
"CDC's overall assessment of the immediate risk to the public's health from H5N1 bird flu, which remains low," the announcement stated, citing the Louisiana case. On Wednesday, Wisconsin officials ...
Alabama is one of six states in the U.S. with the highest level of influenza-like cases, according to CDC data.