Shohei Ohtani plans to play for Japan in next year's World Baseball Classic, the two-way Los Angeles Dodgers star announced ...

California could see an early and especially sharp start to the annual flu season, as a combination of low vaccination rates ...

Doctors report a rise in cases of Hong Kong flu — the A/H3N2 strain of the seasonal virus known for its high contagiousness ...

The first person to contract H5N5 avian influenza, a rare strain of the disease known as bird flu, died in Washington state Friday. The state’s Department of Health said in a release the resident ...

Influenza is starting to surge in Alberta, and hospitals are getting busier as doctors brace for what could be an intense few months ahead.

Although bird flu infections in humans remain rare, this case marks a significant development in flu surveillance in the U.S.

A Washington state resident is believed to be the first person to die from a rare strain of bird flu, but state health ...

Dr Nikolaus Kriz, the new director of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), has a large and varied brief ahead of him.

Over the past few weeks, further outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza have been confirmed on poultry farms in Japan ...

Type A viruses are the most significant for human and animal health, and they are all descended from avian viruses. The flu A ...

A Washington resident has been hospitalized with bird flu, and they're infected with a strain of the virus that hasn't been seen in humans before.

The U.S. has reported its first human case of bird flu since February, with a confirmed infection in Washington state ...