With measles outbreaks, flu spikes, and COVID as a seasonal threat, learn key differences between these contagious diseases, ...

The avian flu is normally hosted in birds and is primarily spread across flock through mucous, saliva or feces. The virus is not frequently transmitted from person-to-person, but can transfer from ...

Infection can also be transmitted to people by touching surfaces contaminated with infected bird mucous, saliva or feces and then touching their eyes, mouth or nose, or if liquid contaminated splashes ...

I spoke to a community group in October. I started with a question: What season is it? Holidays offer a good clue to the season, but it can be confusing.

When the flu strikes, one of the biggest concerns is how long you might be contagious. Knowing this can help protect your family, friends, and coworkers from catching the virus. This guide from ...

The confirmation last week of H5N1 bird flu in northern elephant seals at California’s Año Nuevo State Parkhas put wildlife ...

Weeks after North Carolina's first pediatric flu-related death of the season, influenza rates in the Tar Heel State remain high. A Dec. 17 article from the Citizen Times reported on a Western North ...

Dr. Donald Milton sits in front of the Gesundheit II machine, invented by Milton and colleagues at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. COLLEGE PARK, Md. – This year’s flu season is turning out ...

Influenza rates in North Carolina remain high following the state's first pediatric flu death of the season. Wastewater data shows a sharp spike in flu cases, along with increases in COVID-19 and RSV, ...