Local public health officials are the front line for responding to any disease outbreak. Five years after the coronavirus pandemic began, many say that the entrenched politicization of COVID-19 has ...

Raw cheese made with milk from dairy cattle infected with bird flu can harbor infectious virus for months and may be a risk ...

Live poultry markets in New Jersey where bird flu was found have reopened after being disinfected. Cat owners get an avian influenza warning.

Chicken meat producers remain the most resistant to vaccines because of concerns they could harm meat exports, which totaled ...

FOX 5 NY has confirmed that the health department is looking into two separate incidents of cats testing positive for the bird flu. In one case, the source is believed to be contaminated cat food.

I think there are some states that are responsive, but it’s really been somewhat piecemeal…It leaves room for us to not ...

As the coronavirus spread, researchers worldwide scrambled to find ways to keep people safe. Some efforts were misguided.

City health officials are investigating two bird flu cases in household cats, marking the first known infections in pet cats ...

As outbreaks for several diseases are being monitored across the U.S., state DPH Commissioner Robbie Goldstein has an update on the ongoing public health initiatives in Massachusetts.

Officials are urging pet owners not to feed their pets raw food or raw milk and to avoid letting them roam outside.