For centuries, the Comarca Embera people have fished and bathed in the Turquesa River, a jungle waterway flowing out of the ...

A former animal control officer at St. Louis County Animal Care and Control offers an inside look at what might have helped prevent a parvovirus outbreak.

Though seasonal flu activity is low or minimal across the country, 216 pediatric deaths associated with seasonal influenza ...

As the weather warms and people begin to spend more time outside, ticks and mosquitoes will do the same. While these pests are annoying, even more than that, they can be a threat to our health.

Bird flu is continuing to spread in animals across the U.S. Here's what you need to know about the current situation.

Public health experts share concerns that the H5N1 bird flu outbreak could turn into a pandemic. What to know after Louisiana ...

H5N1 is a highly contagious strain of avian influenza A that primarily affects birds. It has circulated for years, but a more virulent variant emerged in 2024, decimating poultry flocks and raising ...

The FDA and CDC have ended key bird flu surveillance programs, including milk testing and outbreak updates. Experts say this ...

Experts urge U.S. to prepare for possible new pandemic as H5N1 bird flu outbreak spreads with dairy animal and human cases. Here's what to know.

Crews had collected more than 60,700 gallons of oily product through Friday, enough to fill two and a half sizeable backyard ...

Since the incident was first reported near Garden Island Bay on April 26, responders have deployed 20,300 feet of containment ...

It takes several hours for the results of a polymerase chain reaction test, which “detects genetic material from a pathogen ...