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 ...

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

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.

Five years after the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic, there has been progress — and backsliding in the ...

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

Prior exposures to specific types of seasonal influenza viruses promote cross-reactive immunity against the H5N1 avian ...

As bird flu outbreaks continue to affect animals, experts answer questions about keeping pets and their owners healthy ...