So far, fewer than half of US children and older adults have been vaccinated during this year’s high-severity flu season.

Striking are workers from the California Animal Health and Food Safety Lab. California’s only lab that can confirm lethal ...

An ongoing bird flu outbreak is one reason for the high cost of eggs. We'll share an expert's analysis, plus show you how to track the cheapest eggs every week.

Mass culling is expensive, but alternatives, like vaccinating chickens or luring wild birds away from domestic flocks, would ...

For the first time, bird flu has been detected in rats, the United States Department of Agriculture confirmed.

Federal health officials are trying to tell if this year's harsh flu season led to an increase in a rare but dangerous brain complication in children.

Allen Villanueva sat at the top of a hill of artificial grass in San Francisco with his shih tzu, Gio, looking down at the plaza outside UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital in Mission Bay. Hundreds of ...

Proposed NIH Funding Cuts Threaten Critical Medical Research at UC San Diego. The NIH said cuts could save $4B a year.

When an Arizona woman called 911 with a “huge” problem, the urgency in her voice was apparent. “I’ve got a huge pigeon in my house, and I can’t get to it,” the woman tells a dispatcher in a video ...

In severe cases, children can develop acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE), a dangerous form of brain damage linked to ...

The worst flu season the United States has had in more than a decade may have reached its peak, according to data from the US ...