Over 160,000 people this season have landed in the hospital from flu complications, CDC estimates. More than 6,600 have died.
Georgia has confirmed the first positive case of the highly pathogenic avian influenza, also known as bird flu, in a commercial poultry operation, according to Georgia ...
In Delaware, farmers have seen birds fall out the sky — a troubling sign for the spread of the avian flu, Delaware Secretary of Agriculture Michael Scuse said ...
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has announced a presumptive positive case of H5N1 Avian ...
The U.S. is seeing a "quad-demic" as cases of COVID-19, flu, RSV and norovirus spread at the same time. Experts said this is what you need to know.
Hospitals in China, where the ongoing spread has originated, have been alerted as an increasing number of people have become ...
Since early 2024, the U.S. has logged 66 human cases of H5N1. Scientists are keeping a watchful eye on the virus’s spread as we enter a new year.
Care for the flu is generally supportive — meaning rest, hydration, and over-the-counter medication, but as the Mayo Clinic ...
Studies show that this is not a new virus in Kenya and has been documented as a seasonal contributor to respiratory diseases ...
Aug. 19, 2024 — The avian influenza virus needs to mutate to cross the species barrier and to infect and replicate within mammalian cells. Scientists have now deciphered the structure of the ...
Consider the norovirus, a real terror of a pathogen, just a couple dozen nanometers in length, with its invasive acids tucked inside a protein coat. Exposure to fewer than 100 particles of norovirus ...
While they’re convenient when you’re on the go, hand sanitizers will not kill norovirus, per the CDC. “The alcohol in them ...