Jan. 20, 2025, marks five years since the CDC reported the first laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19 on American soil.

CDC testing data for the same period reveals that 6.6 percent of COVID-19 tests came back positive, with Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin seeing the highest test positivity ...

Respiratory viruses are continuing to spread across the United States and such activity "is expected to continue for several ...

Respiratory illness activity is currently considered "high" in the United States, according to the CDC. In one state, it is ...

(NEXSTAR) — Respiratory illnesses are spreading throughout the U.S., causing multiple states to see a spike in hospital ...

The search to find a vaccine to prevent polio took many years and countless experiments before the disease was eventually eradicated in the United States.

However, the discovery of this strain raises concern about the H5N1 strains of bird flu currently circulating in the United States: the virus’s rapid mutation when it infects a new host species.

Cases of a wretched stomach bug are surging in parts of the United States this winter ... when people who are already infected spread the virus to others by direct means, such as through ...

Leana Wen said Sunday that the lack of testing for bird flu doesn't mean that the virus isn't alive in humans ... of H5 bird flu reported in the United States. Another severe case of H5N1 has ...

Here are a few things to know about the virus. What is norovirus? Norovirus is the leading cause of foodborne illness in the United States, responsible for 58% of such infections acquired in the ...

Cases of a wretched stomach bug are surging in parts of the United States this winter ... when people who are already infected spread the virus to others by direct means, such as through sharing ...

We describe characteristics of human A(H5N1) cases identified from March through October 2024 in the United States. We analyzed data from persons with laboratory-confirmed A(H5N1) virus infection ...