Public health officials say avian influenza, also known as bird flu, has been identified as the cause of death for waterfowl in numerous Indiana counties.

In an abundance of caution, the CDC last week advised hospitals and labs to do faster flu testing to help identify possible bird flu cases hiding in the flock of rising flu diagnoses.

With cases of avian influenza, or bird flu as many have called it, popping up in western Massachusetts, one local farm is ...

In 1918, a strain of influenza known as Spanish flu caused a global pandemic, spreading rapidly and killing indiscriminately. Young, old, sick and otherwise-healthy people all became infected — at ...

This is the time of year when we see more people getting sick. When temperatures drop people start spending more time inside. That means they are in closer quarters and germs ...

In an abundance of caution, the CDC is advising faster flu testing to help identify possible bird flu cases hiding in the flock of rising flu diagnoses.

Ohio Department of Health director Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff cautioned Ohioans to continue to take these illnesses seriously.

To help reduce the spread of respiratory illness, Mission Health is implementing temporary visitor restrictions, which means that only two visitors per patient may be in the facility and children ...

Bird flu has been detected in Pike County. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources confirmed the highly pathogenic avian influenza was detected in that county, as ...

Minnesota might be on downside of influenza wave, but 94 schools reported outbreaks based on 10% or more of students being out sick.

A surge in respiratory illness is typical for this time of year, and the simultaneous outbreak of highly contagious norovirus is piling on to the public health risk. Commonly known as stomach flu, ...

Avian influenza, H5N1, had been detected in wild birds in Yolo County since 2022 but never before in a backyard poultry flock, according to a Thursday news release from county officials. Two people ...