The Puerto Rico Department of Health declared an influenza epidemic Thursday, with at least 900 hospitalizations and 25,900 cases recorded since flu season began in July. It’s the first flu ...

Could Bird Flu Epidemic Spark More Stimulus Checks in 2025? Published Jan 04, 2025 at 3:00 AM EST Updated Jan 04, 2025 at 9:53 AM EST. By . Suzanne Blake is a Newsweek reporter based in New York.

Interactions between flu subtypes predict epidemic severity more than virus evolution Date: February 13, 2024 Source: eLife Summary: Researchers have shed new light on how viral evolution ...

MONDAY, Sept. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The time is now to prepare for a potential pandemic involving the H5N1 bird flu, says a group of international vaccine and public health experts.

Masaio Ishizuka, a senior epidemiologist at the Sao Paulo University, said evidence suggests migratory birds have now ...

A sharp epidemic of influenza occurred in early October, 1957, at Great Lakes, Illinois. Although the vaccine evaluations were initiated on July 1, only the men entering the study between August ...

Arizona’s largest egg producer has lost 95 percent of its chickens due to the bird flu, signaling a potential price increase for eggs. On Monday, the Arizona Department of Agriculture announced a ...

While many may believe the days of pandemics are behind us, a new bird flu epidemic could threaten that assumption, leading to more economic turbulence.. Why It Matters. Americans received three ...