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I’m not sure what to do with this constant state of anxiety I seem to live in. I inherently know that this is not a healthy preoccupation for me to live with, but I cannot stop myself.

The Covid “pandemic’ was nothing compared to the greatest killer of humanity, The Black Death of the 14th century, and the ...

Scientists were slow to recognize that Covid spreads through the air. Some are now trying to get ahead of the bird flu. By Carl Zimmer Carl Zimmer has reported on pandemics since 2009 and is the ...

A university professor and two students recreated a virus identical to the one that caused the devastating 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. If they can do it, so can terrorists. “The Terrorism Warning ...

It's flu season right now, and the U.S. is in the midst of a wave that's straining hospitals. But not all influenza is the same. There are some notable differences between flu A and flu B strains.

Between 500 and 1,000 suspected cases of H5N1, also called avian flu, have been reported in Massachusetts birds. Sharing scientific data is important to track the outbreak. Just as Massachusetts ...

More than 126,800 birds in New York have been affected by the avian flu since 2022, including thousands of new infections uncovered in recent months in New York parks, commercial flocks and ...

Thousands of new bird flu cases have emerged in recent months among New York flocks, including in parks and even backyard coops. The spread set off a fresh round of public health alerts among ...

JASON OSBORNE SUNDAY MORNING AT TEN ON CLOSE-UP. HEALTH OFFICIALS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE SAY FIVE PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM THE FLU SO FAR THIS SEASON, AS WE’VE BEEN REPORTING. AS YOU PROBABLY NOTICED IN ...

A child in California is presumed to have H5N1 bird flu, according to the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH). As of Dec. 23, there had been 36 confirmed human cases of bird flu in ...