The Latest Breaking News from CDC

Why did it take so long to recognize the virus on high-tech farms in the world’s richest country?

Dairy farmers and veterinarians in northern Texas furiously investigated a mysterious illness among cattle before the government got involved. Farm cat deaths were the tip off.

The CDC confirmed there is still no evidence of human-to-human transmission, and infection risk to the public remains low.

A dairy worker in Michigan contracted an eye infection on a dairy farm where H5N1 had been identified in cows.

When a Texan farm worker caught bird flu from cattle recently, social media was abuzz with rumours. While bird flu is not a human pandemic, scientists and policymakers the world over are keen to prepare as best they can for when such a pandemic emerges – a tricky task, given…

Humid climate makes Texas city attractive to the insects, but with rainfall and major flooding, residents are forced indoors

'The radio silence we've heard is extremely alarming.'

About 500 more people died from drowning each year between 2020 and 2022 than did in 2019, the CDC reports.

Dali L Yang’s critique of China’s response in the early days of the Covid pandemic is thoroughgoing if academic, while poet Liao Yiwu’s account mixes fact and fiction to extraordinary effect

CDC warns against consuming raw milk due to potential H5N1 transmission, despite no reported human infections from raw milk intake.

Humans can catch a huge number of diseases from animals, and these can be caused by viruses, bacteria, parasites or fungi.