Bird flu has long been a top contender for starting the next pandemic. Between 2003 and 2023, there were 882 cases reported ...

For What to Expects "What I Wish I’d Known" series, moms and dads share the wisdom they’ve gained since first becoming parents. As a soon-to-be mom, I've been somewhat surprised how smoothly my first ...

The 1918 flu pandemic, also known as the Spanish flu, caught the world by surprise just as the First World War was coming to ...

Turkeys, cattle, cats and pheasants in South Dakota have been infected with bird flu. Scientists worry: Is a large human ...

What would you do if your child woke up and physically couldn’t get out of bed or walk? This was a scary reality for one ...

The detection of bird flu in a sheep is another sign that the H5N1 virus is adapting to hop to new hosts ...

The H5N1 virus was detected in a single animal in Yorkshire, the British government said on Monday. It added that the risk to humans remained very low.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has increasingly spread to mammals and infected hundreds of ...

H5N1 influenza is evolving rapidly, weakening the effectiveness of existing antibodies and increasing its potential threat to ...

Consider getting vaccinated to keep yourself safe, health experts advise. Michigan health officials say the number of people sick from the flu, COVID-19 and other illnesses is falling, but the viruses ...

What’s the tipping point, when we might need to change our daily behavior? Who is coming up with broader solutions? What do ...

A small but growing number of house cats have gotten sick from H5N1, the bird flu strain driving the current U.S. outbreak, after eating raw food or drinking unpasteurized milk. Though there are no ...