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Experts sound the alarm as Ohio farm worker’s bird flu sparks fear it’s the next pandemic
Prior to this latest case, 68 people in 11 states had been infected with an H5 strain of avian influenza. ...
This Year’s Cruise Ship Season Is Off to a Vomit-Soaked Start
The cruise ship outbreak season this year is getting off to a fast, vomit-soaked start. Two separate outbreaks of gastrointestinal ...
Can you get bird flu from eating eggs? What you need to know about staying safe
Being mindful of where your food comes from and how it’s prepared will go a long way toward keeping you, ...
New Strain of Bird Flu Found on California Duck Farm
It looks like H5N1 isn’t the only kind of bird flu that Americans should be worried about. Federal officials have ...
Kansas Is Battling the Largest Tuberculosis Outbreak Ever Recorded in the U.S.
An old bacterial foe has been making itself very cozy in Kansas. Local health officials reported this month that the ...
As bird flu becomes a growing threat, Moderna is awarded $590M to develop mRNA pandemic influenza vaccines
No person-to-person spread has been detected, but that doesn’t mean an H5N1 avian influenza pandemic isn’t possible or even probable. ...
Bird flu could merge with seasonal flu to make mutated virus that could spread among humans, CDC warns
The 2024–25 flu shot doesn’t prevent H5N1 bird flu but could play a pivotal role in preventing a pandemic. Read ...
Norovirus Cases Are Surging Right Now
There’s one potential party guest that you definitely want to steer clear of this New Year’s Eve: norovirus. Recent data ...
Norovirus cases are surging around the US and 40% above highs for this time of year
Recent data from the CDC show there were 91 outbreaks of norovirus reported during the week of Dec. 5, up from 69 ...
What to know about whooping cough symptoms and spread amid 2024 outbreak
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had preliminarily documented more than 17,600 whooping cough infections in the U.S. as ...
