Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) located H5N1 bird flu virus in samples of raw, or unpasteurized, milk in tests in four ...

Over 4 in 10 Americans do not know that drinking raw milk is less safe than drinking pasterized milk, according to a health ...

Eden has faced an incredibly difficult journey, enduring a ventilator, a cranial drain, a tracheostomy and a feeding tube.

The worst flu season the United States has had in more than a decade may have reached its peak, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Data published by the agency on ...

The flu vaccine’s future is murky after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration abruptly canceled its committee meeting to recommend the makeup of seasonal flu shots for the 2025-26 influenza season.

But influenza viruses rapidly mutate and evolve, making it hard to design a vaccine that is well matched against the circulating flu strains. Immunization advocates and public health experts said ...

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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced a $1bn (£792m) plan to help US farmers combat a raging bird flu epidemic that has required them to kill millions of chickens and pushed the ...

A March meeting of outside advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration to discuss the composition of flu vaccines for this fall’s flu season has been canceled, a member of the advisory ...

Recent research shows the bird flu virus may be just a few mutations away from transmitting more readily to humans, which could elevate risk. If you haven’t yet been sick this winter ...

IN HUMAN HEALTH. SOME ENCOURAGING NEWS ON THE CURRENT FLU SEASON CASES ARE DECLINING ACROSS THE CAROLINAS, ACCORDING TO NEW DATA FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, MORE THAN 3100 TESTS ...

California is one of the states hit especially hard by this year's brutal flu season, with more than 900 deaths due to the respiratory illness reported since October 2024. Newsweek reached out to ...