Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

Blue, a 21-year-old harbor seal, is believed to have contracted the virus through contact with a wild bird, zoo officials said.

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Emergency rooms in the U.S. are reporting an increase of serious complications, including seizures and brain swelling, in ...

If you’re older, you may get a more severe infection than a younger person would, especially if you have an underlying chronic condition.” While vaccines don’t prevent older adults from getting ...

Officials at East Liverpool City Hospital are reporting a significant rise in Influenza A, as well as cases of RSV this ...

The study provides growing evidence of the threat it poses even when cats have no direct exposure to sick dairy cows or poultry.

Two indoor cats in Oregon were euthanized after contracting bird flu, leading to a recall of raw pet food sold in bo ...

The main symptoms of norovirus include signs of gastroenteritis, Martinello says. A mild norovirus infection might just cause ...

A statewide surge in influenza cases has hit hard in Eastern Iowa, with 11 Linn County schools and two Johnson County schools reporting that at least 10 percent of their students were out sick in one ...

Dr. Jason Tracy said South Shore Health is in the midst of one of the busiest flu seasons he’s experienced in his 13 years ...

Poultry farms across the region will now undergo special testing after one area farm tested positive for Highly Pathogenic ...