Researchers are not just worried about the virus popping up on American farms. Other types are causing trouble around the ...

Jon LaPook, M.D. is the award-winning chief medical correspondent for CBS News. Since joining CBS News in 2006, LaPook has delivered more than 1,200 reports on a wide variety of breaking news and ...

Influenza surveillance is essential to accurately measure disease burden, guide policy, and strengthen preparedness for ...

Nineteen-year-old U.S. Army Pvt. David Lewis set out from Fort Dix on a 50-mile hike with his unit on Feb. 5, 1976. On that bitter cold day, he collapsed and died. Autopsy specimens unexpectedly ...

Bill Whitaker is an award-winning journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent who has covered major news stories, domestically and across the globe, for more than four decades with CBS News. As the H5N1 ...

A new analysis suggests H1N1 deaths 15 times higher than lab tests counted. June 25, 2012— -- The swine flu virus, H1N1, may have killed 15 times the number of people counted by the World Health ...

Dec. 19, 2005 (Washington) — By combining control measures, public health experts could sharply minimize the disruption caused by an influenza pandemic, according to a team of French investigators who ...

A top CDC official says concern over the outbreaks has grown since Thursday. April 24, 2009— -- A top federal health official said the government's concern over the swine flu outbreaks in the ...

In a typical year, several thousand samples from flu patients around the world arrive at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They're crucial for understanding the virus's evolution ...