Bird flu, or avian influenza, is a highly contagious viral infection that primarily affects birds but can occasionally spread ...

Federal health officials are trying to tell if this year's harsh flu season led to an increase in a rare but dangerous brain complication in children.

The Salisbury Zoo is stepping up precautions in the wake of several avian influenza outbreaks in our area. That’s including ...

The outbreak of bird flu that began in the United States in 2022 among wild birds and poultry has since spread to dairy ...

The worst flu season the United States has had in more than a decade may have reached its peak, according to data from the US ...

US health officials are reviewing a nearly $600 million contract awarded to Moderna for bird flu vaccines in the final days ...

Michigan health officials Thursday confirmed the state’s third flu-associated child death for the 2024-2025 flu season.

Epidemiologist Michael Osterholm, the head of the University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration took part in a World Health ...

As this year’s severe flu season rages across the country, federal health officials are investigating a rise in rare b ...

There is no cure for the disease, which has a high mortality rate among birds but remains a low risk to people, according to ...