This year’s flu season is shaping up to be a nasty one—driven by a new variant of the influenza virus that may be able to slip past our vaccine defenses. A mutated form of the influenza A strain H3N2 ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Two of Spokane's biggest animal shelters have been closed since last month because of separate virus outbreaks. One hopes to reopen by next week, while the other said it may take a ...

Public health threats often spread quietly before anyone notices. By the time clinics see a surge in cases, a virus may already be circulating. England is betting that wastewater in sewers can help ...

Norovirus, the infamous "winter vomiting disease," is surging again across the United States. Norovirus is a highly contagious stomach bug that causes sudden, often violent bouts of diarrhea and ...

The “super flu” behind outbreaks in the US and UK is a new variant of influenza A H3N2, subclade K. Here’s what you need to know. Against this backdrop, some media outlets have begun using the term ...

The South Carolina measles outbreak in the Spartanburg area continues to grow with nine new cases, mostly children, as the state's outbreak now has spread to North Carolina, health officials said. The ...

A multistate outbreak of salmonella infections likely linked to raw oysters has sickened more than 60 people across 22 states, according to a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention health ...

The United States reported more than 2,000 measles cases in 2025, federal data shows, a higher annual total than the country has seen in decades. Ongoing outbreaks — particularly in the upstate region ...

The number of recorded measles cases in the U.S. during 2025 has officially exceeded 2,000 just before the end of the year, a bleak punctuation on what has been the worst spread of measles the country ...

Flu season is off to a rough start this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While the virus arrived as expected, cases are rising faster, compared with previous years.