The measles outbreak first reported in Gaines County, Texas, has doubled to 48 cases in the last four days, the Texas ...

Nearly 1,300 probationary employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — roughly one-tenth of the agency's ...

Delays in urgent CDC analyses of seasonal flu and bird flu, and the agency’s silence, will harm Americans as outbreaks ...

Avian influenza, or “bird flu,” is a disease caused by influenza A viruses that spread widely among wild birds, and can cause outbreaks in commercial and backyard poultry flocks. Though there ...

Five years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic served as a wake-up call. Since then, health experts worldwide have sat on tenterhooks, ...

More than 156 million chickens, ducks, turkeys and other fowl have been slaughtered across the United States since the ...

I’M OFTEN ASKED WHY AFRICA MATTERS. It’s an understandable question in a world of real responsibilities, real demands, and ...

At least one bird from a commercial poultry operation in Lancaster County has tested positive for highly pathogenic avian ...

Abrupt changes to programmes including USAID inhibit global efforts to stop disease such as HIV, malaria and more, say ...

Health officials urged people to identify avian flu symptoms early and properly cook chicken and eggs to limit risk of ...

The other, a nationwide outbreak in 2021 that was linked to contaminated tissue used in bone transplants, affected 113 patients. TB, though treatable, remains a serious infectious disease that can ...