The map of flu activity across the United States continues to darken, both figuratively and literally, as case numbers spike upward in most states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

With a halt on scientific data being shared publicly, the CDC is getting crafty to warn of increasing flu hospitalizations.

NEW YORK-- Overdose deaths are down more than 20% in New York state and across the country, according to new data analyzed by CBS News New York. Experts say it has been driven by a decrease in fatal fentanyl overdoses, but they say there is more work to do.

Health officials urged people to identify avian flu symptoms early and properly cook chicken and eggs to limit risk of infections.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released some new flu data to the public on Friday, despite the Trump administration’s halt of nearly all scientific communication coming from federal health agencies.

No human cases of bird flu have been confirmed in New York, but the virus has emerged among animals. Public health leaders are preparing, just in case.

U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately.

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

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.

New York City still remains a sanctuary city, and under the guidance migrants are still protected under the sanctuary laws.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s repeated support for vaccines during Senate confirmation hearings follow a long history of disparaging them.

The man who hopes to be President Donald Trump's health secretary said he needed to see data showing vaccines are safe, but when an influential Republican senator did so, he dismissed it.