H5N1 was believed to spread primarily through direct contact with infected animals or their bodily fluids, but the new ...

Growing up in rural Indiana, I had more animal friends than human ones. I raised ducks and geese, and enjoyed my time ...

Avian influenza, also called avian flu or bird flu, is an illness that usually affects only birds. There are many different strains of avian flu: 16 H subtypes and 9 N subtypes. Only those labeled H5, ...

The strain of bird flu that infected a Michigan dairy worker in May 2024 is capable of airborne transmission, according to ...

Estimates varied from 2008 through 2018, with RSV-associated antibiotic prescribing exceeding 10% in peak RSV years and ...

Federal and state health officials are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella linked to brown eggs from a ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week did something he had promised not to do: He fired every ...

A novel AI tool from Johns Hopkins and Duke universities outperforms existing models in predicting infectious disease spread, ...

Some consumers and milk producers herald the perceived health benefits of raw milk, but federal and state health officials ...

Amidst an ongoing outbreak of a deadly bird flu virus in livestock, the US Department of Agriculture is doing more to prevent ...

Muscatine City Council approved 6-1 the first reading of a bill that would provide the ability for citizens and outside ...