The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is ramping up its bird flu response, by awarding $306 million in ...

Gov. Newsom declared a state of emergency as the virus continues to infect dairy herds across the country — including more ...

The holidays came with a side of flu for many Americans, with 40 states reporting high or very high levels of illness last week, according to the latest government health data. “A lot of flu out ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday it will award $306 million in additional funding to monitor ...

Public health experts are urging vigilance amid recent reports of severe bird flu cases in two North American patients.

The Biden administration is committing $306 million to strengthen the nation's response to the H5N1 avian influenza, according to a Jan. 3 HHS news release shared with Becker's. The commitment aims to ...

Previous seasonal flu infections and vaccinations may protect us against infection from the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu ...

Farmers will now have to prove that they did everything possible to prevent outbreaks before they can receive governmental indemnity payments. Also in the news: Combined bird and human flu could have ...

Medical experts argue that Congress should provide significant funding for medical research to combat bird flu.

Public health officials have warned that new mutations of bird flu with human flu could have dangerous consequences.

New research led by scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) suggests that many people already have immune cells on “stand by” to fight the H5N1 virus, also known as highly pathogenic ...