Bird flu was nearly everywhere in the U.S.—in chickens, cows, pet cats and even humans. Cases have gone down, but experts ...

The H5N1 avian flu is circulating in cows and other mammals. Whether it will make a permanent leap to humans is another ...

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U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s newly appointed Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) upheld recommendations for the fall flu vaccination to be administered to anyone six ...

With flu A increasing in prevalence across the U.S. while the bird flu crisis escalates, one concern, Rajnarayanan noted, is that there could be a mutation that happens and leads to a more ...

Stomach flu: Influenza: Definition: Infection of the intestines and stomach, typically due to viruses, such as norovirus. Respiratory infection of the nose, throat, and sometimes lungs, due to ...

COVID-19 remains a concern for high-risk groups. While COVID-19 may come and pass for the average healthy person and mostly feel like a flu, for those who are elderly or have underlying health ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Stat News' Helen Branswell about how pandemic precautions like masking may have eliminated certain strains of the flu, which could mean flu shots will be easier to make.

(CNN) — Influenza is always unpredictable. Infectious disease experts like to hedge their forecasts with a caution: When you’ve seen one flu season, you’ve seen one flu season.

More than 170 species of North American wild birds – including ducks, geese, gulls, owls, eagles and others – have been infected with bird flu. Take precautions around sick or dead wild birds ...

As flu season sets in and the Omicron variant continues to surge, how worried should we be? We spoke to experts to better understand what it could mean to test positive for both infections. Here ...