Here’s what to know about the United States’ first confirmed severe case of H5N1 avian influenza—and how to protect yourself.

Medscape Medical News spoke with the CDC expert on the current H5N1 situation in the United States and ongoing surveillance ...

Just over 300 people have been sickened in norovirus outbreaks on three different cruise ships in December, new government ...

Public health officials have just reported the first known “severe” case of bird flu in the United States. There are now 61 ...

The recall, according to a news release published Wednesday, involves Northwest Naturals' Feline Turkey Recipe raw frozen pet ...

Life expectancy in the United States is rising nearly as quickly as it fell at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic as deaths ...

Here’s a look at mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, in the United States. Mpox is a viral disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus. In 2022, an outbreak was declared a public health ...

We are in a terrible situation and going into a worse situation,” said Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the University of ...

In recent weeks, a variety of foodborne illnesses have occurred across America. They have ranged from contaminated carrots, over 167,000 pounds of ground beef, slivered onions on McDonald’s quarter ...

Today’s CDC announcement is good news for Maine dog owners, border communities, and the Can-Am International Dog Sled Race. I am pleased that the CDC has acknowledged its previous error and committed ...

Six U.S states all saw "very high" levels of COVID-19 viruses in their wastewater in the first week of December, says the CDC ...

In the United States, at least 103 million COVID-19 cases have been reported since the pandemic began. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that at least 1.21 million ...