Weather patterns, construction activity and wildfires can all play a role in outbreaks of valley fever, caused by inhaling a ...

A recent study reveals a significant lack of awareness and concern among Americans regarding the threat of bird flu, despite its spread to mammals and potential for human transmission. Health ...

Today, we look at eggs and the rise of avian flu that began in 2023. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor, in March, the consumer price index for eggs increased 5.9%, up 60.4% from a year ago ...

A health worker takes a sample from a hen to test for bird flu in Noida. (Sunil Ghosh/ HT File Photo) The joint assessment of recent influenza A(H5) virus events in animals and people is based on ...

As spring temperatures rise along with pollen counts in Georgia, the state is seeing a decline in winter respiratory ...

As spring weather sets in, fears of a bird flu pandemic have not materialized, and there is less cause for worry than there was in the winter. Experts say the short-term risk of a pandemic is low ...

Now that avian flu is in local wild birds, there may be more birds that farmers need to be aware of. The way H5N1 may get into a poultry house is probably changing, and so farmers are having to ...

A vaccine under development at UB has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work, detailed in a study published April 17 in the ...