CELINA - For the third day in a row, the National Veterinary Services Laboratory confirmed a Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) detection in Mercer County. The case reported Thursday involved 1 ...

Over 160,000 people this season have landed in the hospital from flu complications, CDC estimates. More than 6,600 have died.

Before the invention of the polio vaccine, the iron lung supported patients whose lungs were weakened or paralyzed by polio.

The widening U.S. bird flu outbreak has made its way to Maryland, which has counted two cases on commercial poultry farms — one in Caroline County and another in Queen Anne’s County — since the start ...

In 2023, the 10 leading causes of death remained the same as in 2022. The top leading cause in 2023 was heart disease, ...

On Thursday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed another case of avian influenza A(H5N1), or bird ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention emphasizes that antibiotics treat bacterial infections, not viruses like colds ...

Moderna secured a $590 million package from the U.S. Health and Human Services Department to accelerate the development of its bird influenza vaccine as concerns about a bird flu pandemic in humans ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed another human H5N1 avian flu case -- otherwise known as ...

Viral sicknesses have risen in early 2025 amid the ongoing “quad-demic” in the U.S., referring to three respiratory viruses and one gastrointestinal disease, according to the Centers for Disease ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging health care workers to accelerate bird flu testing for ...

As fears grow of a possible bird flu pandemic in humans, the federal government is pouring more money into the development of new vaccines, including an mRNA shot.