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).

As a bird flu outbreak escalates across the United States., the Trump administration has paused the release of key public health studies, stalling research.

In April, the tally of affected birds in New York was about 25,000. The bird flu outbreak raised alarms in late March following reports of one human case and infections in dairy cows in Texas and Kansas.

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.

The Trump administration's unprecedented freeze on the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report has sparked concerns about political meddling. Two reports slated for the journal concern bird flu, as an outbreak escalates across the United States.

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.

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

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.

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

Despite the havoc it is wreaking on the farm, health officials say the risk of the public getting sick is minimal.

A Long Island farm will reportedly euthanize more than 100,000 ducks after a bird flu outbreak transpired at the eastern New York facility.