The flu vaccine benefits you by protecting you and the people you live with or spend significant time around. Everyone 6 ...

Flu cases are on the up again, with 27 states — along with New York City and Washington D.C. — now moving to the Centers for ...

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Ross's gull — a bird of a rare species generally found only in Siberia, Greenland, Canada and northern Alaska — has died in ...

The Nevada Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have introduced new measures to curb the spread ...

While we often refer to it as "the flu," the influenza virus has several strains, with flu A and flu B considered the most common and the most severe.

Avian influenza, also known as bird flu, has been detected in Canada geese in Jefferson County — now one of 10 Kentucky ...

For a second time this season, at least 41 states are reporting high or very high levels of the flu. Here's how to stay safe.

A new strain of bird flu has infected dairy cows in Nevada, marking the second time the virus has jumped from birds t ...

Yet another new strain of bird flu was confirmed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) last week in milk samples collected from dairy cows in ...

An infectious disease MD explains for how long you're likely to transmit the flu to others, with her advice for preventing viral infection.