Two geese found dead on the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus have tested positive for avian influenza, the university confirmed.

Avian influenza or bird flu is a naturally occurring virus and can cause infection in birds, humans and some other mammals, ... Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire.

Phase 2 protocol submitted to HREC to evaluate tivoxavir marboxil (TXM) in a combined seasonal and bird flu study in the Southern Hemisphere Briefing documents submitted to FDA for a Type D meeting ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) wrote to U.S. Department of Health and ...

Moderna vaulted to the forefront of biotech, becoming a major pillar of the region’s economy. But Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s skepticism of mRNA vaccines has cost the company dearly.

The promise of mRNA technology seemed boundless after the success of the coronavirus vaccines, but Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has singled it out for scrutiny, clouding its prospects.

Kennedy uses the power of his office to retreat from more than 60 years of evidence-based science and destroy public confidence in our government and its truthfulness.

In Virginia, the state health department laid off or froze contracts for 530 workers, including 13 full-time employees, ...

A BU professor warns that federal funding cuts, immigration restrictions and housing costs could reshape the region's status ...

Dr. Brown said as part of routine flu surveillance, the state also tests people for the bird flu, and there have been no confirmed cases in Massachusetts. “Public health authorities still consider the ...

For thousands of years, Aboriginal people in Tasmania have harvested yula, also known as muttonbirds, a short-tailed ...

Organizers of the “No Kings” demonstrations said millions had marched in hundreds of events. Governors across the U.S. had urged calm and vowed no tolerance for violence, while some mobilized the ...