More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This comes as the deadly pathogen rips through dairy herds and poultry flocks.

Each year, seasonal flu sickens about 1 billion people worldwide and causes approximately 290,000 to 650,000 respiratory ...

H5N1 bird flu has now crossed into U.S. dairy cattle for the first time, and alarmingly, it did so through just one spillover ...

Bird flu is continuing to spread in New York City ... sporting a dumpster on a public street that was “dripping blood and had rotten chicken corpses inside” in late February, Birnkrant said.

People are more at risk of developing serious complications from flu if they have one or more underlying health conditions, such as diabetes; asthma or chronic lung disease; heart or blood disease ...