Louisiana has reported the first U.S. fatality from avian influenza. Most of the country’s human cases have been mild ...

Challenge trials help researchers study immune responses. Skeptics still doubt the approach is worth the risks ...

Much of the worry surrounding HMPV comes from concerns it is like coronavirus in 2019: a new virus that can cause severe ...

According to scientists who study diseases, the possibility of a fungal pandemic—the subject of science fiction TV shows like “The Last of Us,” could be more of a reality, thanks to climate change and ...

It’s been five years since the first cases of COVID-19 appeared in the United States, following its discovery in Wuhan, China ...

The bird flu virus found in a severely ill patient hospitalised in the United States has mutated to become better adapted to human airways, though there is no evidence it has spread beyond the ...

Respiratory virus activity levels are rising in many parts of the country, with 24 states reporting high levels for the week ending Dec. 21, up from 14 the week prior. Eight states — Alabama ...

The oysters, distributed by S&M Shellfish Co. of San Francisco, were shipped to retailers and restaurants across several states, including New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and 12 others. Norovirus ...

Health officials across the globe are closely monitoring the rapid spread of bird flu. While cases among humans remain rare, the virus is increasingly being found on poultry and cattle farms.

The United States is a federal republic whose people benefit from a vibrant political system, a strong rule-of-law tradition, robust freedoms of expression and religious belief, and a wide array of ...

For the week between December 01 and December 07, 2024, six states reported "very high" wastewater levels of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. These states included Arizona, New Mexico ...