Americans were sharply divided over the public health response to COVID-19, including masking, remote learning, business closures and vaccines. Five years after the start of the pandemic, Judy ...

Bird flu has long been a top contender for starting the next pandemic. Between 2003 and 2023, there were 882 cases reported ...

It was supposed to be a temporary pause. The World Health Organization had declared a pandemic just two days earlier. Two Brown University Health doctors were in on the planning for months before.

Five years ago this week, COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. And as the virus spread, it became apparent how little the world knew about protecting itself from a serious global outbreak. NPR's ...

In many ways, COVID-19 served as a boot camp, preparing health officials and infectious diseases doctors for future health crises. Were there a bird flu outbreak, the state is better positioned to ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. In February 2024, dairy farmers in the northwest corner of the Texas ...

Dairy farmworkers have a higher risk of contracting avian influenza, because they may come into contact with infected animals. Dairy herds have been the source of infection in 41 of the 70 human ...