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It may say spring on the calendar, but colds, flu and COVID are still making people ill. What you should know.

Health secretary RFK, Jr. has repeatedly suggested that farmers should let bird flu spread through flocks. Experts explain ...

Bird flu “is adapting to mammals, and it continues to show new tricks,” Nelson tells The Verge. The virus is spreading widely ...

RSV is still a threat, but Corewell Health’s downtown Grand Rapids children’s hospital is feeling the effects of one of ...

Covid is now less deadly but is expected to continue experiencing waves, experts told The Washington Post. Separately, scientists suggest that the development of MIS-C complications in kids following ...

Not long after the first flu shot was introduced in 1945 by University of Michigan virologist Thomas Francis and his ...

“Early in the illness, you really may not be able to tell the difference between hantavirus and having the flu.” The virus ...

Public officials said the H5N1 bird flu virus has been detected at four dairy farms in San Bernardino County. The risk of H5N1 infection remains “relatively low,” and no person-to-person ...

Most flu cases appear to be from influenza A strains, with a split between influenza A/H3N2 and influenza A/H1N1. These are two different subtypes of the influenza A virus. Researchers believe ...

Meanwhile, a new, non-peer-reviewed study published in bioRxiv by experts from the State Veterinary Institute in Prague suggested the avian flu virus in poultry droppings could be spread by the wind.

Cornell researchers have developed a new vaccine platform that could provide more robust, longer-lasting protection from COVID-19 and influenza and broader immunity to different flu strains.