Officials are racing to vaccinate dairy workers against the seasonal flu to prevent the two viruses from combining.

Containing a potential H5N1 pandemic would depend on how rapidly a vaccine targeted to the emergent strain can be ...

Several cases of the bird flu in humans have been reported in California's Central Valley in 2024. This Q&A explores how the ...

The next pandemic is only a matter of time and may prove to be more dangerous than COVID-19. The authors of the latest ...

IndiGo Airlines faced a serious security scare recently when a bomb threat was reported for ten of its aircraft, leading to ...

Mpox is spreading rapidly around the world and considering this, the World Health Organization again declared this deadly ...

Two articles by University of Otago, Christchurch, researchers in this week's New Zealand Medical Journal (NZMJ) raise ...

Public health experts have long warned that avian flu poses a significant pandemic threat to humans, and the number of infections among dairy workers in California continues to grow. The timing of ...

A Greek island is facing a new health threat as 66 new cases of viral gastroenteritis spread rapidly, according to reports.

Pandemics can threaten NZ's social and economic security and a "whole of government" response is required, former ...

Health officials would like to remind you that we are entering that time of the year still quaintly known as flu season. That ...

Symptoms of virus include fever, muscle pain, diarrhoea, vomiting, and, in severe cases, life-threatening blood loss ...