FRIDAY, April 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that the government will invest $176 million in Moderna to expedite the creation of a ...

Brown pelicans – easily recognized by their large size, massive bill and brownish plumage – breed in Southern California and ...

H5N1 bird flu has now crossed into U.S. dairy cattle for the first time, and alarmingly, it did so through just one spillover ...

Health officials in California are now offering gift cards to encourage folks near farms to get tested for bird flu.

A recent study has confirmed that the spread of avian influenza (H5N1) in U.S. dairy cattle began with just one wild bird infection. This event, traced back to Texas in 2023, led to undetected ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses were found in 38 people in CA from Sept. 30 to Dec. 24, 2024, including the first pediatric case in the US.

Weather patterns, construction activity and wildfires can all play a role in outbreaks of valley fever, caused by inhaling a ...

Rice / California Agriculture Every winter, millions of migratory birds fly south to warmer locales, passing over California Central Valley dairies and poultry farms. Many of these wild waterfowl are ...

Public health officials in at least one state are now offering money as an incentive to encourage people to get screened or ...

Dubbed the Avian Flu Influenza Area Surveillance Testing or AFAST project, some clinics in the state are giving $25 in gift ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) is investigating reports of sick and dead brown pelicans along the Oregon ...