Health officials investigating the case discovered that the child had consumed a small piece of raw chicken on February 26, ...

In Albert Camus’ novel, The Plague, set in the French Algerian town of Oran, rats one day begin showing up dead on residents’ ...

H5N1 influenza is evolving rapidly, weakening the effectiveness of existing antibodies and increasing its potential threat to ...

THERE HAVE BEEN NO KNOWN HUMAN CASES OF BIRD FLU IN MASSACHUSETTS, BUT HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE WARNING IF YOU SEE A DEAD BIRD, DO NOT TOUCH IT WITH YOUR BARE HANDS. KEEP YOUR PETS AWAY FROM DEAD ...

Measles is making its way through several states, and health experts say misinformation is giving it momentum.

New Jersey joined 22 states suing the Trump administration to stop its plan to cut more than $11 billion in funding for ...

Sheep have become the latest species to be infected with bird flu after a single sheep in the UK tested positive for the ...

And now I noted that there’s concerns about people’s pets, right? Goldstein: We here in Massachusetts have H5n1 avian influenza in wild birds that are flying around the state in and out of the state, ...

“It may not, but we need to prepare for the possibility of a pandemic.” The rise of the bird flu in Massachusetts and nationwide comes at a precarious time for public health, as the Trump ...