The avian flu virus isolated from a hospitalized teenager in Vancouver has mutations in key areas that could help the virus ...

The child had mild symptoms and was treated with antiviral medication and is recovering, the Center for Disease Control and ...

More than half of human pathogens may be aggravated by climate change and this is accelerating disease transmission, ...

Peruvian authorities said Tuesday they have tightened security at the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu after tourists there were ...

Although infectious disease experts aren’t sounding the alarm yet, they’re analyzing virus data to understand mutations and ...

In a development that health experts have warned might come, Canadian officials report that the bird flu virus isolate ...

Pope Francis has published a letter addressed especially to priests in formation to promote the renewal of the study of Church history.

Most deaths from cancer are caused not by the original tumor but by metastasis—the spread of cancer cells to other parts of the body. These migrating cells often form microscopic clusters that are too ...

In her new book The Serviceberry, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer argues that humans would be wise to learn from the circular ...

Blood samples from 115 dairy workers in Michigan and Colorado reveal cases of the highly pathogenic bird flu have been ...

Scientists in British Columbia have identified a new mutation of the virus that could make it easier to infect people.

The California Department of Public Health said Tuesday it is monitoring a possible case of bird flu in a child.