Earlier personal associations with iconic city monuments strike sad to glad notes ...

By 1957, scientists had a significantly more sophisticated understanding of influenza, worrying them that a pandemic similar ...

Over the past 60 years, the influenza virus has continued to drift and shift. In 1968, a shift once again caused a pandemic.

With the devastating 1918 pandemic in mind, US health officials saw an outbreak in Asia and swung into action. What happened ...

State officials say the highly pathogenic avian influenza – more commonly known as bird flu – is widespread in much of the ...

Flu cases continue to be very high here in Massachusetts according to the latest data and locals are taking precautions.

Waterfowl birds and their predators are especially at risk of contracting H5N1. Massachusetts has not yet reported a human ...

Dr. James Lederer, chief medical officer for Berkshire Health Systems, says we’re seeing the beginning, not the end, of an ...

The 1918 influenza pandemic killed 20 50 million people worldwide, including many healthy young adults. A team from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) extracted viral RNA from autopsy ...

Massachusetts officials are warning of a widespread bird flu outbreak suspected in the deaths of hundreds of wild birds. The risk to humans is low, but pet cats are susceptible to the virus and ...

Between 500 and 1,000 suspected cases of H5N1, also called avian flu, have been reported in Massachusetts birds. Sharing scientific data is important to track the outbreak. Just as Massachusetts ...