San Jose, Calif. — Bird flu isn’t just affecting chickens and cows; it’s hitting pet cats.

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Boston health officials said Wednesday that along with an unusual second, late surge of flu cases across the state, the illness’s severity has also increased this season. “People aren’t ...

US health officials are reevaluating a $590 million contract for bird flu shots that the Biden administration awarded to Moderna Inc., people familiar with the matter said. The review is part of a ...

RICHMOND, Va. — We're in the middle of one of the most severe flu seasons in a decade, as over 900,000 hospitalizations have been caused by the virus nationwide since October 2024, according to ...

We asked the experts to explain what makes this year's flu season so unusual. Colored scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of H1N1 influenza (flu) virus particle isolated from a lung cell.

This season's influenza vaccine may have been a poor match to a strain of the flu virus that caused many infections this winter, early data released by the Centers for Disease Control and ...

A late spike in flu cases is putting an increased strain on Manitoba's health-care facilities, the province's top doctor warns. Dr. Brent Roussin, the chief provincial public health officer ...

While the 2024-2025 flu season has been the worst in decades in the US, anyone who has succumbed to the virus may have also inadvertently developed some level of H5N1 protection.

Share on Pinterest A recent CDC MMWR report shows three new asymptomatic human cases of bird flu, suggesting the virus may be slowly spreading. Johanna Moya/Getty Images A growing bird flu ...

Courtesy of Cynthia S. Goldsmith and Thomas Rowe / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Seasonal flu is causing a second peak of illness and hospitalizations in Oregon this month ...