"We're starting to see flu activity pick up for the season," Carrie Reed, from the CDC's influenza division, told Newsweek.

Previous seasonal flu infections and vaccinations may protect us against infection from the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu outbreak.

A patient has been hospitalized with the first confirmed severe bird flu case in the US. The case was confirmed on Friday and ...

Amid concerns over highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, Grants Pass nonprofit Wildlife Images raised their disease ...

Santiago/Getty Images The CDC has been tracking cases of bird flu ... that are infected or potentially infected with H5N1 avian influenza virus." Bird flu takes many forms and is widespread ...

On Wednesday, the CDC announced that a person in Louisiana has been hospitalized in critical condition with severe respiratory symptoms caused by a H5n1 avian influenza infection. The person ...

Wastewater monitoring in three sites in Arizona, including Phoenix, detected influenza A (H5). miroslav_1 / Antony Robinson/iStock / Getty Images Plus / Canva In the whole state of Arizona ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ... Images Plus / Canva Bird flu and some versions of human flu are very similar; bird flu is more formally known as avian influenza ...

The patient has been hospitalized but the CDC says the public health risk remains low Peter Garrard Beck / Getty Images The Centers ... (highly pathogenic avian influenza, HPAI) in a resident ...

Flu is taking off in the U.S., with 40 states reporting high or very high levels of flu-like illness last week.

This year has been marked by concerning developments in the virus’ spread, including widespread detections in wastewater and ...