Filmmaker David Lynch died at 78; he announced last year that he had developed emphysema. (New York Times) And baseball ...

The agency says labs should accelerate testing on patients hospitalized with the flu within 24 hours of their admission.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning of a significant increase in respiratory illnesses, with four ...

Republican Gov. Patrick Morrisey has issued a slew of aggressive executive orders on his first day as West Virginia's chief ...

The bird flu, also known as avian influenza and H5N1, was implicated in the first human death from the infectious disease on ...

Cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) and other seasonal viruses are on the rise across the northern hemisphere in early 2025 ...

Researchers point to social, diagnostic and biological factors to help explain a rise in diagnoses in recent years.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a declaration of emergency on Dec. 18 ... “using its flu surveillance systems to monitor for H5 bird flu activity in people.” The CDC says there have been “several” recent ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency ... including three announced on Wednesday. According to the CDC, 61 people have acquired the virus since March — the vast majority at dairies ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an emergency proclamation on Wednesday in response to growing concerns over bird flu cases in the state and across the country.

A microscope-enhanced image shows the H5N1 bird flu virus in cultured cells. (Centers for Disease Control and Convention via Associated Press) ...