According to agency officials and knowledgeable people, the Trump administration has directed federal health agencies to freeze external communications, including weekly scientific reports, health ...

The new administration has reportedly asked federal health agencies to stop all external communications pending a review.

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention communication delay could hinder coordinating responses at the state and local levels.

President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture said during her confirmation hearing Thursday that she has “a lot to learn” about highly pathogenic avian influenza or bird flu ...

U.S. health agencies including the CDC this week canceled meetings with external groups, paused some public health publications and told employees to freeze travel after directives from the Department ...

In an abundance of caution, the CDC last week advised hospitals and labs to do faster flu testing to help identify possible bird flu cases hiding in the flock of rising flu diagnoses.

The halt has frozen research grants, meetings and key health updates. “Everything is basically in chaos,” said one cancer researcher.

In an abundance of caution, the CDC is advising faster flu testing to help identify possible bird flu cases hiding in the flock of rising flu diagnoses.

Ohio Department of Health director Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff cautioned Ohioans to continue to take these illnesses seriously.

There have been no human cases of bird flu in Delaware since this outbreak began, Hofmann said, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website says there has been one probable case in ...

A farm in the Long Island area of New York has been forced to euthanize over 100,000 ducks after a bird flu outbreak.

H5N1 avian influenza continues to spread amid commercial and backyard poultry, and additional cases have been reported in domestic cats ...