Bird flu has decimated poultry flocks and infected cattle herds. The risk to humans is currently low, but that could easily ...

I spoke with a physician member—who requested anonymity for fear of retaliation—about concerns many physicians share about the silence of their professional organization on proposed changes that would ...

The FDA recently approved a bioengineered blood vessel, which becomes part of a patient’s body over time. It’s designed to ...

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In 1987, a new FDA regulation formally prohibited the interstate sale of raw milk. In the wake of the agency’s action, the ...

Egg prices are rising as bird flu kills millions of birds across the United States. In Kansas, agriculture officials say the state is in good shape.

Richard Conniff is the author of “Ending Epidemics: A History of Escape From Contagion.” Lawrence O. Gostin is a law professor at Georgetown University and director of the WHO Collaborating Center for ...

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Could the threat of another worldwide pandemic be on the way? On Jan. 6, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the first American, a man in Louisiana, had died from severe avian ...

Local and state health departments in New York collect and own health data rather than the federal government. With uncertainties surrounding federal data sharing, this means we can still monitor ...

H5N1 Virus Isolated from Infected Dairy Worker ... Oct. 1, 2024 — The complex shape of respiratory syncytial virus is one hurdle limiting the development of treatments for an infection that ...