The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted how crucial testing is for disease preparedness and response, and new research from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and a team of collaborators ...

Tularemia cases in the U.S. rose by 56% from 2011 to 2022, with central states and American Indian communities most affected, ...

In coming years, the bird flu may cost billions of dollars more in expenses and losses. Worse, the outbreak poses the threat ...

Officials with the Mississippi Board of Animal Health (MBAH) announced that poultry from a commercial broiler chicken flock in Copiah County has tested positive for the bird flu. Samples from the ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses have caused widespread infections in dairy cows and poultry in the United ...

Washington ranks “high,” while Oregon outpaces entire region and ranks among highest in nation in latest CDC update.

In 2024, at least 66 human cases of bird flu have been reported in the United States, each one raising the risk of another ...

Respiratory illness activity is currently considered "high" in the United States, according to the CDC. In one state, it is ...

"I feel like we should've learned our lesson from COVID, that just because we aren't testing doesn't mean the virus isn't there," Dr. Leana Wen said.

Robert Redfield, who led the CDC during Trump's first term, said "it's possible" that U.S. intelligence agencies were helping ...

The US hasn’t learned lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic that it could use to mitigate the threat of pathogens like H5N1 bird ...

The CDC said the immediate risk of bird flu to the public remains low. The Food and Drug Administration last week granted enforcement discretion for the use of conjunctival swabs by laboratories as ...