As bird flu, also known as H5N1, spreads across the country, experts are concerned about the potential for undetected transfer and mutations.

A flu season that packed emergency rooms across Ventura County has brought 30 deaths so far, making it the county's second ...

As bird flu cases inundate more poultry and dairy farms, state officials worry that the Trump administration’s firings of federal scientists and other actions will undermine efforts to track the ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 19,000 people died from the flu so far this winter, including 86 ...

The tsunami of federal employee firings in recent weeks has punched sizable wholes in the decades-old, national health and ...

Although at the time it gained the nickname "Spanish flu," it's unlikely that the virus originated in Spain. Germany's ...

UC Davis Children’s Hospital in Sacramento has seen “five or 10 times more influenza (patients) than COVID (patients)” in 2025 alone, according to Dr. Dean Blumberg, the hospital’s chief of pediatric ...

Brull, who also works as a family physician in Colorado, said flu cases typically swell in February just when it seems like ...

It allowed the virus to spread undetected. Although it’s still unclear if bird flu can be transmitted asymptomatically, experts have told USA TODAY the number of bird flu cases is likely much ...

New research highlights the lifesaving impact of flu vaccines, showing significant reductions in ICU admissions and mortality ...

A deeper report might also reveal whether the flu is more severe or contagious than usual. "I need to know if we are dealing with a more virulent strain or a coinfection with another virus that is ...