The start of the flu season needs to be a reminder to safeguard ourselves by getting the flu vaccine. The vaccine is available at government and private healthcare facilities, inc ...

While pertussis — known as whooping cough — numbers have been spiking nationally, the South Dakota Department of Health ...

Flu activity continues to ebb nationwide, with rates of influenza-like illness (ILI) dropping further last week, but ...

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has reported 6 more H5N1 avian flu ...

Several measures can be adopted to avoid and combat the flu. However, it is important to note that viruses, like influenza, frequently change its structure to evade the immune system, resulting in new ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now working with California on a project that is offering gift cards to ...

The virus leads to an estimated 36,000 deaths in the United States each season — many of them so sudden that families are ...