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While some health experts suggest that the next pandemic could be between five and 10 years away, what that pandemic could be caused by and if the U.S. will be ready for it are separate questions.

Feb 1 (Reuters) - The H5N1 avian influenza virus has flared up again in recent months, spreading through poultry flocks in Japan, Vietnam and Thailand, killing people in Indonesia and claiming its ...

Covid-19 has killed an astounding 300,000 Americans, but don’t forget that influenza, also known as the flu, also typically kills tens of thousands of people in the U.S. each year. It’s already flu ...

In the last few months, schools all over the country have closed because of outbreaks of norovirus. Also known as stomach flu, norovirus infections cause watery diarrhea, low-grade fever and, most ...

A study of around 500,000 medical records published in 2023 suggested that severe viral infections like encephalitis and ...

MIAMI - A little-known disease spread by insect bites has turned deadly and health officials are sounding the alarm. More than 8,000 cases of the Oropouche virus have been reported this year, and ...

NHS guidance highlights that six different types of people are eligible for the flu vaccine free of charge. You may be ...

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