Schools around the U.S. are closing due to surges of flu and other illnesses, which are sickening students and staff. Here's what parents need to know.

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

Bird flu appeared in a Texas dairy farm in March 2024. Havoc has followed on farms and in grocery stores and concerns mount for human health.

That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and ...

At least one bird from a commercial poultry operation in Lancaster County has tested positive for highly pathogenic avian ...

Tools used to contain previous bird flu outbreaks aren’t working this time, experts say. Since March, the virus has sickened at least 67 people in the U.S. and killed one, with egg producers begging ...

Avian influenza is spreading rapidly through Pennsylvania, hitting commercial poultry farms in multiple counties and ...

A second type of the virus, D1.1, has been detected in dairy cattle in Nevada, US. A second type of bird flu H5N1 detected in ...

Health officials urged people to identify avian flu symptoms early and properly cook chicken and eggs to limit risk of ...

The risk of bird flu to humans is low, but eating undercooked eggs or chicken could increase your chances of exposure to infection and germs.