The ongoing spread of bird flu in the United States has alarmed experts — not just because of human cases causing severe ...

Scientists believe the mutations may allow the virus to better bind to receptors in the upper airways of humans.

The Tennessee Influenza Weekly Report shows that illness and positive lab tests are both up from the previous week.

A genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the nation’s first severe ...

The CDC said Thursday its analysis of samples from a Louisiana patient with bird flu showed mutations not seen in samples ...

The increased volume of intercepted drugs, including fentanyl, came as Alaska’s fatal overdose numbers continued to climb, a ...

A new mutation and the first severe case of H5N1 bird flu discovered in a human in Louisiana has raised concern among some ...

A backyard flock in Vermont was sickened with H5N1, agricultural officials said on Thursday, following other reports of bird ...

Chances are you know someone who is sick right now, and it could be because Louisiana has one of the highest number of flu cases in the nation.

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows drug overdoses are falling quickly across the ...

As the CDC is tracking mutations in the bird flu virus that may make it easier for the infection to be spread from person to ...

HOUSTON — With the holidays still in full swing, a surge in pertussis cases, also known as whooping cough, has health officials on high alert including here at home. According to the CDC, whooping ...