virology

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doing whatever he can to undermine public health. Last week, he ordered his department to...

Avian influenza — which has devastated poultry flocks, wildlife populations and increasingly poses a public health risk — has now been confirmed in wi...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In recent months, Americans looking for eggs have faced empty shelves in their grocery stores. The escalating threat of avian flu ha...

GENEVA — Avian flu, which has struck the U.S. egg industry and caused prices in the supermarket to spike, is showing up in wild birds as well. Emily D...

Cases of a wretched stomach bug are surging in parts of the United States this winter, according to government data. The most recent numbers from the ...

ALBANY — An Ulster County resident has died of Eastern equine encephalitis, the first death in New York state of the mosquito-borne disease since 2015...

ALBANY (TNS) — State Agriculture Commissioner Richard Ball is urging horse owners across New York to vaccinate their animals against eastern equine en...

ALBANY (TNS) — The state Department of Health said it had confirmed cases of Eastern equine encephalitis in horses in seven more upstate counties this...

OLEAN — After a successful spraying for mosquitos in parts of Cattaraugus County, health officials reported the insect’s population is rebounding. Lar...

During COVID, public health experts and armchair epidemiologists became obsessed with poop — or, more accurately, the secrets it held about the state ...