An unexpected mutation of the influenza virus is driving up case counts abroad, and experts are concerned it could pose ...

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After a summer hiatus, bird flu cases are once again ticking up in the United States. We are flying blind in the face of a potentially catastrophic pandemic threat.

Health officials in Washington state say they have identified the nation’s first human case of bird flu since February, ...

After the H5N1 virus hit the remote island of South Georgia in 2023, more than 50,000 breeding females may have disappeared.

The largest population of elephant seals in the world suffered massive mortality in 2023 from H5N1 bird flu infection. Animal experts fear for California's elephant seals.

Federal officials urged widespread vaccinations after swine flu broke out among soldiers at Fort Dix, New Jersey, killing one of the 14 diagnosed with the illness. But the program ...

Questions abound about how to best inoculate the world against swine flu as health officials plan for a campaign that could dwarf any previous flu vaccination effort. Among the issues to be resolved ...

Doctors say they're seeing some changes in when people are getting sick, and who is getting hit the hardest. Florida teen rescued, 171 arrested, including a Chamberlain H.S. instructor during ...