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(NEXSTAR) – The flu is spreading far and wide across the U.S. – and influenza A is largely to blame. Of all the flu tests reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since the ...

Americans are in the throes of flu season in large swaths of the country. And it may get worse soon. The United States’ highest month for flu illnesses is usually February, according to the CDC.

By Emily Anthes and Apoorva Mandavilli Dairy cows in Nevada have been infected with a new form of bird flu that is distinct from the version that has been spreading through herds over the last ...

Until recently, all dairy herd detections in the U.S. had involved a form of bird flu, or avian influenza, known as B3.13. This strain of bird flu, known as D1.1, has only ever previously been ...

A second wave of the flu is spreading across the country, with doctor visits for flu-like symptoms at their highest in 15 years, according to national data. Nearly 8% of health care visits last ...

Schools across the United States are being forced to close due to surges of influenza and other seasonal illnesses. As the 2024–2025 flu season rages on with no peak yet in sight, many school ...

Scientists were slow to recognize that Covid spreads through the air. Some are now trying to get ahead of the bird flu. By Carl Zimmer Carl Zimmer has reported on pandemics since 2009 and is the ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday that a second type of H5N1 bird flu had infected U.S. dairy herds, suggesting that cattle are more susceptible to the avian virus than previously ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has launched a new online form for reporting Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, also known as HPAI ...

The variant of bird flu that killed a Louisiana resident has now been found in dairy cows. Until now, the human cases of bird flu traced to cattle have been mild, mostly eye infections.