But public health experts say there are ways to protect yourself and those around you from contracting and spreading the flu.

There have been no confirmed cases of transmission of bird flu from human to human. Public health agencies want to keep it ...

Only 38% of Massachusetts residents have gotten their flu shot, according to state data. While there's "persistently elevated ...

Egg prices hit a record high as the U.S. contends with an ongoing bird flu outbreak. Here's how much a dozen Grade A eggs costs.

Amid a state-wide outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in wild and domestic birds, the Cambridge Department of ...

Ask any elementary school staffer about the level of sickness circulating among students, and you’ll likely get this unequivocal answer: off the charts. You need not be a pediatrician to realize ...

Dr. Mallika Marshall tells us that she continues to see an increase in flu cases in urgent care this week, witnessing the ...

As bird flu infections continue to rise, local farms in Massachusetts have to take extreme measures to protect their flocks.

TOWNSEND, Mass. — A bald eagle that was spotted Tuesday suffering from neurological deficits in a Massachusetts town had to ...

Right now in Massachusetts and across the country, hospitals are seeing a surge in flu cases. So far, the CDC estimates there ...

Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, commissioner of public health for the city of Boston, wrote in a statement to The Daily Free Press that although bird flu rarely affects humans, those who handle birds are at ...

Laboratory-confirmed influenza cases jumped from about 500 at the beginning of December to more than 9,500 at the beginning of February.