Five years ago, on a late Monday evening in March, Gov. Brian Kemp and his top health aides hastily called a news conference ...

The CDC estimates 19,000 people have died from the flu so far this winter including 86 children. The agency says at least ...

The 2024-2025 flu shot reduced hospitalizations by up to 78% in kids and 55% in adults. Flu cases are mostly caused by H1N1 ...

After his controversial nomination as HHS Secretary, all eyes were on Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as he addressed a measles ...

This week, the Food and Drug Administration — now with vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the helm — unexpectedly and ...

The U.S. Agricultural Department has announced a new effort to fight bird flu. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Leah Douglas, agriculture and energy reporter at Reuters, about the $1 billion plan.

The outbreak has sickened and killed millions of animals, caused alarm among farmers, and, perhaps most notably to the public ...

Two household case studies from Michigan in May 2024 were published in the agency's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, as ...

Georgia is seeing a decline in cases during what doctors are calling one of the busiest flu seasons in memory. It's different for South Carolina.

One of the worst flu seasons in years has reached its peak and is improving, officials with the Centers for Disease Control ...

Flu vaccine makers may face a last-minute scramble to produce enough doses after an FDA advisory committee meeting was ...

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