H5N1 isn’t going away anytime soon and could become a pandemic. Here are some tips to help you understand your risk ...

When it comes to the potential of H5N1 avian flu picking up mutations that might lead to human-to-human spread, that "train has already left the station," warns 1 infectious disease expert.

As California's Central Valley makes headlines for the growing number of people testing positive for the bird flu from exposure to dairy cows, Rais Vohra, MD, professor at UC San Francisco, Fresno and ...

The U.S. winter virus season is in full force, and by one measure is the most intense in 15 years. One indicator of flu activity is the percentage of doctor’s office visits driven by flu-like symptoms ...

Bird flu appeared in a Texas dairy farm in March 2024. Havoc has followed on farms and in grocery stores and concerns mount for human health.

The cost problem is more acute in some states. Mashed reports that California, Washington, Oregon, Massachusetts, Nevada, ...

In November, virologist Beata Halassy announced to the world that she had cured her own breast cancer using a treatment ...

The Youth Empowerment Services (YES) Waiver program serves as an alternative to foster care, but stagnant Medicaid reimbursement rates have lead to provider shortages. Other news from around the ...

Until last week, all bird flu in dairy herds had been identified as the B3.13 variant, which was believed to have come from ...

Newswatch 16's Kerry Kearns spoke with a doctor about bird flu and steps you can take to help prevent it. PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Cases of bird flu, or avian flu, are rising in parts of the country. The ...

Demand remains low, but lab stakeholders said the industry is significantly better prepared to meet a spike in H5N1 testing ...