In related developments, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has ...

Six health care workers in the US who were in close contact with a patient known to have bird flu developed mild respiratory ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should have results later this month that provide more insight into how a ...

Autumn is here, and that means cooler weather and also the start of flu season. We know the best way to prevent influenza is ...

This flu season, the United States is using trivalent (three-strain) vaccines with the same components as those in Southern ...

A new COVID variant, XEC, is gaining traction in the U.S. and is estimated to account for up to 13% of cases. The strain is a recombinant of two JN.1 lineage viruses, with new COVID shots expected to ...

US states had reported outbreaks of H5N1 flu in dairy cows as of October 4, 2024. That amounted to a total of 255 affected ...

Public health officials recently urged Arkansas residents to get vaccinated now against COVID-19 and the flu. Julia Lothrop ...

Test results are pending on a worker who had contact with infected herds, California officials report. Meanwhile, federal scientists are studying H5N1 genes in dairy workers in search of mutations ...

Colder weather brings a change in seasons and often an uptick in flu and COVID-19 cases. The viruses that cause COVID-19 and flu keep changing and infecting thousands of people each year, with older ...

The Oswego County Health Department's seasonal vaccination clinic is now open, giving visitors the option to get their flu ...

The first two human cases of H5N1 avian influenza in California were confirmed by CDC testing of specimens submitted by the ...