In 2023, a highly pathogenic bird flu leapt to seals in South America, killing some 17,000 elephant seal pups (about 97 ...

No FDA-approved rapid tests exist that specifically test for H5N1, and the first near-point-of-care test for mpox was ...

USDA both regulating and promoting livestock industries – prevents appropriate responses to outbreaks of infectious disease.

A British Columbia (BC) teen from the Fraser Health region who was hospitalized with an earlier announced presumptive ...

A Canadian teenager is hospitalized in critical condition with suspected bird flu, health officials reported Tuesday.

After first appearing in birds in Argentina in February of 2023, a "highly pathogenic" strain of H5N1 was spotted in infected ...

No human cases have been reported this year in Connecticut. But the disease has been detected in people connected with farms ...

Last year there were only 12 measles cases in Canada, but a sharp increase in outbreaks has been reported across North ...

China has reported seven more H9N2 avian flu infections in humans, mostly involving children and all in people whose symptoms ...

Federal health officials on Thursday called for more testing of employees on farms with bird flu after a new study showed ...

The World Health Organization voiced alarm at the growing spread of H5N1 bird flu to new species, including humans, who face an ‘extraordinarily high’ mortality rate. Hong Kong should test for ...