Over the past week, a series of developments have reaffirmed the imminent danger of an H5N1 “bird flu” pandemic, for which ...

Outpatient health care visits for flu-like illnesses are at their highest levels in 15 years, according to data updated ...

For the first time since 1952, publication of the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report was halted. It returned on Feb.

Levels of influenza nationwide are now at the highest they have been since the peak of the 2009 swine flu pandemic, according to figures published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Bird flu is infecting more people than we think. We need to stop it now before a new pandemic begins Right after President ...

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

Maybe someone seated near you looks sick. And maybe you’re wondering what to do about it — or if you can do anything at all.

Amid a new Ebola outbreak in Kampala, Uganda, the World Health Organization has kicked off a vaccine trial. This is the first ...

H5N1 isn’t going away anytime soon and could become a pandemic. Here are some tips to help you understand your risk ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention resumed publishing its weekly scientific report Thursday after an ...

The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. Scientists called on the ...

President Trump has selected Gerald Parker, a veterinarian and former top-ranking federal health official, to head the White ...