A groundbreaking study reveals that a specific E. coli strain, ST131-A, spreads as rapidly as flu viruses, challenging traditional views on bacterial transmission. This discovery necessitates a ...

The Saucy Swine, which has operated inside Redbar, 2245 S. St. Francis Ave., for the past eight years, will serve its last meal on Nov. 2. The business announced its closure on Facebook. “It’s been a ...

GRANT COUNTY, Wash. -- The first case of avian influenza in a commercial flock has been reported in Grant County. According to Grant County Public Health, bird flu was detected in a commercial poultry ...

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Cambria’s annual Scarecrow Festival has kicked off, with more than 200 handmade scarecrows now on display along Main Street and up to San Simeon. Started 17 years ago to boost local tourism, the event ...

Brace yourself: Flu season is around the corner. Soon, subways, schools and offices will be filled with sniffling, sneezing and wheezing as the dreaded virus makes its sickening comeback. Want to ...

A cocktail of antibodies could give us a new weapon to fight seasonal flu and new strains that cause pandemics. The mix protected mice from various strains of influenza, but hasn’t yet been tested in ...

(WXYZ) — In today’s Health Alert, there’s a new way to protect yourself and your family from the flu this season - without leaving the house. It’s called ...

A surprising new drug combo—including a compound found in chocolate—has outperformed Tamiflu in fighting the flu, according to a study published in PNAS. The mix of Theobromine and Arainosine proved ...

Some people may already have a tiny bit of protection against H5N1 bird flu. Several recent studies have found that those who caught seasonal flus or received flu vaccinations have low levels of ...

Nationwide panic. Subtle symptoms. Comparisons to the 1918 flu epidemic. Not much has changed in 32 years. That’s the last time swine flu made headlines in the United States. In November 1976, people ...

Influenza viruses are shifty entities. They accumulate small genetic changes on a regular basis, necessitating yearly updates to the flu vaccines because the prior year’s strain may not look much like ...