NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. winter virus season is in full force, and by one measure is the most intense in 15 years.

Newswatch 16's Kerry Kearns spoke with a doctor about bird flu and steps you can take to help prevent it. PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Cases of bird flu, or avian flu, are rising in parts of the country. The ...

Flu activity has surged to high levels in many states, overwhelming some hospitals. Experts discuss what to expect for the 2024-25 flu season and how to stay safe.

By 1957, scientists had a significantly more sophisticated understanding of influenza, worrying them that a pandemic similar ...

Bird flu appeared in a Texas dairy farm in March 2024. Havoc has followed on farms and in grocery stores and concerns mount for human health.

At least four dairy cattle herds in Nevada have tested positive for a strain of bird flu never seen before in cows. The ...

Over the past 60 years, the influenza virus has continued to drift and shift. In 1968, a shift once again caused a pandemic.

A second type of bird flu has been found in U.S. dairy cows for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday.

The spread of H5N1 into new species alarms researchers who say it could reassort in a new species, like pigs, leading to more severe human infection.

Not all types of flu are the same. Some types of flu can make you very ill, while others cause milder symptoms. Read on to learn about the different types of flu. Flu, or influenza, is a ...

A subtype of bird flu caused by avian influenza A (H5) virus has been spreading worldwide in wild birds with a few outbreaks in poultry, dairy cows and other mammals across the United States ...

One million hens are set to be culled at one of the UK's largest poultry farms, after an outbreak of bird flu. The flock at Griffiths Family Farms - part of Oaklands Farm Eggs - have tested ...