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Moderna awarded $590M to help accelerate development of mRNA-based bird flu vaccine: HHS
Evgenia Matveeva/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Moderna has been awarded approximately $590 million from the federal government to help speed up the develo...
Jan 18, 2025
What 3rd case of bird flu with unknown source of infection could mean in fight against disease
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images(SAN FRANCISCO) -- A child in San Francisco was recently confirmed to be the third human case of bird flu in the...
Jan 17, 2025
Cancer diagnoses rising faster in women, especially those under 50: Report
fstop123/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Women are now being diagnosed with cancer more often than men in certain age groups, according to a new report from...
Jan 16, 2025
FDA bans use of Red No. 3 dye in food, drinks
Canned cherries made with red dye #3/Photo credit: Linnea Bullion For The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Admin...
Jan 15, 2025
Some health care facilities remain closed amid California wildfires
Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- Health care centers and medical facilities remain closed as the devastating California...
Jan 13, 2025
California wildfires can take mental health toll on residents, firefighters
Apu Gomes/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- As devastating wildfires continue to spread across southern California, thousands of structures have been destr...
Jan 10, 2025
Could Meta ending fact-checking lead to rise in health misinformation?
Marko Geber/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Meta -- the company that operates Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp --announced on Tuesday it was ending...
Jan 10, 2025
As 1st bird flu death reported in US, what could happen with virus in 2025?
Human Bird Flu Cases in the U.S. as of January 6, 2025. Image by ABC News. Data via CDC.(NEW YORK) -- In the nearly nine months since the first human ...
Jan 08, 2025
1st bird flu death in the US reported in Louisiana
Photo By BSIP/UIG Via Getty Images(LOUISIANA) -- The first person has died of bird flu in the United States, the Louisiana Department of Health confir...
Jan 06, 2025
What you need to know about HMPV as China sees rise in cases
Roger Harris/Getty Images(CHINA) -- Chinese health officials are reportedly monitoring an increase in cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV).There is c...
Jan 06, 2025