Although it is standard procedure to kill flocks with the outbreak of bird flu, posts on social media twisted the truth.

It feels like everyone is sick right now. And while that is a slight exaggeration, the real situation isn't too sunny either.

The map of flu activity across the United States continues to darken, both figuratively and literally, as case numbers spike upward in most states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

No other people were found to have been sickened by the virus in Louisiana. "CDC has carefully studied the available information about the person who died in Louisiana and continues to assess that ...

Health officials closed oyster harvesting Area 3–east of Lake Borgne and north of Eloi Bay, including the Chandeleur Islands and surrounding marshes–and issued a recall, which affects all shucked, ...

Avian influenza, also known as bird flu, has been detected in Canada geese in Jefferson County — now one of 10 Kentucky ...

Officials with the Alabama Department of Health are investigating a foodborne outbreak reported late last month in southwest Alabama suspected to be linked to oysters from Louisiana that left nearly a ...

People are reportedly becoming sick with what is described as a “norovirus-like illness” after eating the affected oysters.

A large outbreak of tuberculosis has been reported in Kansas; is tuberculosis a public health concern in Louisiana? Find out ...