With threats of avian flu and lead poisoning, biologists are working overtime to care for a species that nearly went extinct.

Doctors nationwide said this is the worst flu season in 15 years. The CDC estimates about 24 million flu illnesses and 13,000 ...

In early January 2025, a person in Louisiana who was hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms died, marking the first U.S. bird flu death. Health officials said the person was older than 65 ...

Flu deaths have surpassed COVID-19 in California for the first time since the pandemic, with concerns over low vaccination rates and a likely severe flu season.

Bird flu does not present a food safety risk. The Board of Animal Health says cooked poultry and eggs and pasteurized dairy ...

State officials are blaming highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), also known as bird flu, for causing the deaths of wild waterfowl in Lake, Porter, LaPorte, Newton, Starke and Benton counties ...

During the first years of the COVID pandemic, elevated precautions mostly suppressed the perennial flu outbreaks that ...

Bird flu cases are still rising in the U.S. as the virus continues to devastate poultry farms. More than 145 million chickens, ducks, turkeys and other fowl have been slaughtered across the United ...

Since Friday, hundreds of dead and sick birds have been found along Lake Michigan’s shore — all likely infected with bird flu ...

The current season has also seen a troubling rise in pediatric flu deaths, with 47 reported so far. Flu activity across the United States continues to surge, with almost the entire country ...

It happened a few days after the first U.S. bird flu death was reported in Louisiana. In January, four Maryland farms were hit with the bird flu: two in Caroline County, one in Queen Anne’s ...

There have been a total of 67 confirmed cases of bird flu in humans in the United States since 2024, according to the Center for Disease Control. One death was also associated with the virus.