It takes between 1 and 5 days to show symptoms of the flu after getting infected. Throughout the United States, we are fully in flu season. Cases of influenza are currently increasing, according to ...

More than half of people—56%—who are infected with the Omicron variant are not aware of their infection. That’s the conclusion of a small study published on Aug. 17 in JAMA Network Open. It’s good ...

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The H5N1 bird flu virus has been around for decades, and the damage it wreaks on chickens and other poultry is well documented. But the recent discovery that the virus has jumped into dairy cattle — ...

A new study found that a previous COVID-19 infection offers at least the same level of protection as two doses of high-quality mRNA vaccines, such as Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech. Additionally, people ...

In news that would inspire use of the Robin Williams-Jumanji "what year is it" meme, there is a full-blown measles outbreak in several states, and because measles is literally the most contagious ...

A new study found that a previous COVID-19 infection offers at least the same level of protection as two doses of high-quality mRNA vaccines, such as Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech. Additionally, people ...

Aug. 17 (UPI) --More than half of the people infected with COVID-19's Omicron variant were unaware they had the highly contagious virus, and this may be a "key contributor" to its rapid ...

The amount of time it takes to start experiencing COVID-19 symptoms if you're infected is shrinking. Early in the pandemic, an exposure to COVID-19 meant waiting anxiously for many days to see if you ...