Emergency room visits with influenza are now "very high" nationwide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday, in this week's update on the winter respiratory virus season. This ...

Most human cases of bird flu in North America have been mild, a fact that’s underscored by a new study of the first 46 confirmed human H5N1 infections in the United States this year. But the ...

A highly infectious type of bird flu began spreading in dairy cows across the US earlier this year, providing the pathogen with one of its best opportunities to date to evolve and more easily ...

A patient was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu in Louisiana, the CDC said. This case is the first confirmed instance of a severe human infection linked to the H5N1 virus. The CDC said ...

A new study highlights the need for public health officials to ramp up bird flu surveillance in our feline companions. By Emily Anthes and Apoorva Mandavilli Domestic cats could provide an ...

A 13-year-old girl in Canada became so sick with H5N1, or bird flu, in late 2024 that she had to be put on a ventilator. Around the same time, a senior in Louisiana was diagnosed with the first ...

Colombo, December 19 (Daily Mirror) - The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court today issued a warrant for the arrest of Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galaboda Aththe Gnanasara Thera ...

Colombo, December 16 (Daily Mirror) - Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary, Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera, today requested the President to establish a formal institution to receive and ...

The CDC estimates there have been over 1,500 deaths from flu so far this year. Respiratory illness activity – a measure of how often conditions like the common cold, flu, COVID-19, and ...

The United States has confirmed its first known severe human infection of H5N1 bird flu, in a person in Louisiana believed to have contracted the virus through contact with sick or dead birds in a ...

Avian flu or bird flu was detected in wastewater in Phoenix, Surprise and Tempe, the Maricopa County Department of Public Health confirmed on Monday. All three of the cities conduct wastewater ...

An older person in Louisiana exposed to bird flu from a backyard flock is now hospitalized with a "severe" case of avian influenza, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.