Vaccines are one of the greatest public health successes of modern medicine. From smallpox to polio to measles, vaccines have ...

So far, no people in Hawaii have gotten the illness. “There were 59 people exposed to the bird flu in our November 2024 ...

Scientists in Switzerland have cracked open a century-old viral mystery by decoding the genome of the 1918 influenza virus.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s leadership at Health and Human Services has led to changes in vaccine recommendations and access, sparking concerns among medical experts.

A roundup of global health news reveals rising challenges, including Brazil's bird flu outbreak, vaccine policy changes by ...

Eagles are sacred for many Native Americans, who can obtain dead birds for religious use through the federal government. Bird ...

The fatality rate for H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza in humans historically has been high, with more than half of people dying. Why, then, is the current H5N1 bird flu outbreak — which has ...

As authorities brace for a potential resurgence in bird flu cases this fall, infectious disease specialists warn that the Trump administration's crackdown on undocumented immigrants could hamper ...

The CDC declared the end of its emergency response to H5N1 avian flu as a health threat to humans, David Murray writes.

Once used for tracking COVID-19 cases, the tracker has become a resource for virus trends in general, including measles.

Songbirds are much less likely than waterfowl to contract variants of avian influenza and less likely to shed large amounts of virus, meaning they do not transmit the disease easily. (For detailed ...