The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are monitoring the bird flu situation in the United States. Here's what to know and how to stay safe.

On Jan. 21, 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the United States' first known case of novel coronavirus -- what would later come to be known as COVID-19.

Respiratory viruses are continuing to spread across the United States and such activity "is expected to continue for several more weeks."

Highly infectious H5N1 virus, also known as the bird flu virus has tightened its grip on the United States. For the first time, Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), has been detected in a commercial poultry flock in Georgia.

CDC officials say medical professionals are seeing more patients whose illness cannot be traced back to an infected animal or bird.

The CDC has issued a Level 3 travel advisory for Rwanda due to an outbreak of the Marburg virus. The agency will also screen travelers from Rwanda.

The H5N1 virus has mutated meaning it has begun to adapt to infect humans better raising new questions about H5N1's pandemic potential.

Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that hospitals speed up testing people who are hospitalized with the flu for H5N1 bird flu. Health care workers in hospitals are urged to perform additional testing on patients hospitalized with influenza A — ideally within 24 hours of admission — to determine

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says hospitals treating people for the flu should test them for avian influenza within 24 hours.

Cases have been spreading across the country since April 2024 with 67 confirmed as of Thursday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging health care workers to accelerate bird flu testing for patients hospitalized with flu symptoms.