The birds are an unlikely example of how public health fights have shifted political dynamics in ways the U.S. is influencing ...

A senior biosecurity adviser at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who has made several critical statements ...

The upswing in infections echoes a pattern from last year, when a slow increase in outbreaks in October and November led to ...

Shutdown enters 4th week, halting paychecks for 1M federal healthcare workers and disrupting CMS operations amid respiratory virus season.

It’s no secret that our bodies’ ability to ward off pathogens and mount strong vaccine responses weakens with age, but ...

HHS’s move to cancel this contract is pitifully illogical. Bird flu has already cost America billions — and if it mutates to allow for human-to-human transmission, the cost could soar into the ...

One of the group’s focuses will be an examination of substances added to vaccines to increase their efficacy, called adjuvants. - Hannah Beier/Reuters/File A new working group of outside advisers to ...

A new working group of outside advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will convene to assess the safety, effectiveness and timing of the shots children and adolescents get, as ...

It was a quiet summer for bird flu: Egg prices fell a bit, fewer sick poultry flocks were culled on farms, and officials took a breath. “It was lovely,” said Shauna Voss, the assistant director of the ...

As a result, a frozen whole turkey will cost $1.32 per pound — up 4 cents from last month, and up 38 cents from last year, ...

Darlene Konkle, a state veterinarian with the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, said the current ...