A genetic analysis of samples from the patient in Louisiana recently hospitalized with the country’s first severe case of H5N1 bird flu show the virus likely mutated in the patient to potentially ...

The victim, a resident of Northern Kentucky, succumbed to the disease after receiving medical treatment in both Kentucky and ...

Scientists believe the mutations may allow the virus to better bind to receptors in the upper airways of humans.

The Tennessee Influenza Weekly Report shows that illness and positive lab tests are both up from the previous week.

The Kentucky Department of Health has confirmed that a person has died after contracting rabies in Northern Kentucky. Officials say how the person contracted rabies ...

The CDC said Thursday its analysis of samples from a Louisiana patient with bird flu showed mutations not seen in samples ...

The increased volume of intercepted drugs, including fentanyl, came as Alaska’s fatal overdose numbers continued to climb, a ...

A backyard flock in Vermont was sickened with H5N1, agricultural officials said on Thursday, following other reports of bird ...

Chances are you know someone who is sick right now, and it could be because Louisiana has one of the highest number of flu cases in the nation.

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows drug overdoses are falling quickly across the ...

HOUSTON — With the holidays still in full swing, a surge in pertussis cases, also known as whooping cough, has health officials on high alert including here at home. According to the CDC, whooping ...