Doctor's visits for flu symptoms are at a 15-year high. Why is this flu season so bad? Doctors discuss flu severity, symptoms and how to stay safe.

Six dairy herds in Nevada have tested positive for a newer variant of the H5N1 bird flu virus that’s been associated with severe infections in humans, according to the Nevada Department of Agriculture ...

Notably, the D1.1 infections in cows do not appear to be more severe than B3.13 infections, Goicoechea said. “We’re seeing exactly the same clinical signs,” Goicoechea said. Cows lose their ...

The U.S. has recorded a fourth straight week of accelerating pertussis or whooping cough infections, according to figures published late Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

(CNN) — Six dairy herds in Nevada have tested positive for a newer variant of the H5N1 bird flu virus that’s been associated with severe infections in humans, according to the Nevada ...

The USDA report comes as a dairy farm worker in Nevada has screened positive for H5N1, the first human infection identified in the state. The worker’s symptoms include red, inflamed eyes ...

Until now, the human cases of bird flu traced to cattle have been mild, mostly eye infections. But the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed that a strain previously found only in wild birds ...

(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 ...

While most flu seasons usually see a resurgence of infections after the winter holidays, this winter's flu wave has now reached unusually high levels compared to recent years. That has driven ...

(NEXSTAR) – With all the people coughing, sneezing and calling out sick around you, it’s probably pretty clear we’re in the thick of flu season. Flu activity remains “very high” in most ...