The state Department of Health is advising Rhode Islanders to get flu shots and take other preventive measures as the illness ...

While the new findings are encouraging, "vaccines won’t do any good if people don’t get them," one expert said.

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An unprecedented avian flu outbreak in Argentine Patagonia devastated a stable elephant seal colony, highlighting the rising threat of infectious disease to wildlife in a warming world.

Natalie Rowe, a 42-year-old web designer living in the United Kingdom, noticed she felt a little bit like she was losing her ...

That’s why infectious disease experts are telling people to run, not walk, to get this season’s flu shot if they haven’t yet.

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The solicitor in Union County, South Carolina, is apologizing to two women and dropping the charges after they were arrested ...

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Latin America and Oceania emerge as the most exposed regions, with many nations lacking detection and containment capacity, ...