H5N1, known as bird flu, has been detected in a backyard poultry flock in San Mateo County, the California Department of Food ...

The discovery of bird flu in the San Mateo backyard flock prompted health officials to remind people to take biosecurity ...

Flu cases are rising across Southern California, with more people streaming into the emergency room with symptoms every day.

According to the CDC, pertussis is a cyclical bacterial infection that peaks every three to five years. Immunity, whether ...

UC San Francisco's Rais Vohra, MD, explains recent increase in reported virus infections and the risks of consuming raw cow’s milk.

While it's tragic and alarming to see a massive die-off, it's not uncommon for birds that travel in such large populations.

A federal scientific publication has returned from a forced two-week hiatus with two papers examining the health effects of ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Flu activity remains high across the country. That includes right here in Central California. Dr. Samer Saghbini, an Infectious Disease Physician at Kaiser Permanente Fresno, ...

The seasonal flu in California is surging to levels not seen in several years — though the reasons why aren’t entirely clear. Test positivity for influenza specimens at state laboratories hit 26% in ...

H5N9 is “not commonly seen in poultry in general,” says Eman Anis, assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania ...

Experts stressed that the new strain did not itself appear to be an immediate human threat. But the rise of a new strain is troubling and points to the risk of a viral phenomenon known as ...

Nearly 119,000 birds have been culled at a farm in California after a bird flu called H5N9 was detected among the poultry.