North Carolina flu season claims 464 lives, majority aged 65 and older
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services shows that NC Influenza deaths have reached a current total of 464 ...
Bird flu has decimated flocks — but not at San Diego zoos. Here’s how they keep condors, penguins and more safe.
Safari Park, San Diego Zoo and SeaWorld have not seen any of the animals in their collections infected in the three years ...
Bird flu could break the economy. High egg prices are just the beginning.
Though H5N1 bird flu is hardly our only infectious-disease threat with pandemic potential, the virus impacts wild birds and ...
Virginia Mercury6d
Flu deaths rise as anti-vaccine disinformation takes root
Flu-related deaths hit a seven-year high in January and February, the two months that usually account for the height of flu ...
5 years on, true counts of COVID-19 deaths remain elusive, and research is hobbled by lack of data
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers struggled to grasp the rate of the virus's spread and the number of ...
AllAfrica8dOpinion
Africa: Covid-19 - We're No Better Prepared for a Pandemic Today Than We Were in 2020
Analysis - On March 11 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. According to official data there ...
KTBS 38d
Flu cases fall in CA, U.S. after worst numbers since pre-pandemic times
() - Dr. Lynn Fitzgibbons hasn’t seen a flu season this bad at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital since the pre-COVID-19 era.
If bird flu jumps to humans, immunity from seasonal flu may offer some protection
Very few humans have gone up against bird flu. But we've all dealt with seasonal flu for years. Some of our immune systems ...
Newsday9d
Another raw pet food recall is tied to illness and death in cats
A California pet food maker has recalled its raw chicken products after they were linked to bird flu infections in two cats ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer15d
Flu-related death and medical bills drive Cincinnati families to GoFundMe for help
This flu season has left some Cincinnati families swamped with medical costs, and their friends have started GoFundMes to help them out. Kim Francis, a project manager and cosmetologist in Mount ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette15d
Arkansas reports 19 more flu deaths; level of flu activity listed as ‘moderate’
Nineteen flu-related deaths were reported in Arkansas over the past week, raising this season's death toll to 126, the state... My Ly covers health care and poverty for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.