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

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.

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

NEW YORK – After acquiring Lucira Health in a bankruptcy auction in 2023, Pfizer has decided to shut down the business, a Pfizer spokesperson told GenomeWeb.

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

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

The Bay Area and U.S. are continuing to contend with the worst flu seasons in the last 15 years. To date, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there have been 370,000 hospitalizations ...

The county said the death comes amid “one of the most severe flu seasons in recent years,” with emergency rooms reporting high volumes from flu-related illnesses.

Flu activity in California isn't slowing down just yet. The virus is leading to busy emergency rooms and many kids are still ...

If you love eggs, you’ve probably noticed breakfast is getting eggs-pensive. “I’m really not happy about the egg prices, but I’m ...