Respiratory viruses are at high levels and rising in VA, the latest health data shows. The state has seen 2 pediatric flu deaths this week.

A commercial flock of broiler chickens on the Eastern Shore has tested positive for H5N1, or bird flu. According to an announcement from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the entire operation in Accomack County had been quarantined with a 10-kilometer (6 mile) perimeter.

The number of emergency department visits is continuing to grow. Most areas in Southwest Virginia are seeing an increase in all three viruses; however, more people need treatment for RSV. RSV affects children more than anyone, but the number of adults getting it this winter is growing.

Health care professionals have confirmed whooping cough outbreaks in West Virginia and Ohio.Four cases have been reported at Hurricane High School and additiona

Republican Gov. Patrick Morrisey issued a slew of aggressive executive orders on his first full day as West Virginia's chief executive Tuesday, including one enabling families to receive religious exemptions from required school vaccinations — a massive ...

A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear to be the largest outbreak of the disease in U.S. history as a state health official claimed last week.

Sudden deaths among infants in the U.S. are rising, a new study shows. Researchers have found that the mortality rate of sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) has increased in recent years, even as infant deaths generally have declined.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Vaccination bills are popping up in more than 15 states as lawmakers aim to potentially resurrect or create new religious exemptions from immunization mandates, establish state-level vaccine injury databases or dictate what providers must tell patients about the shots.

CDC testing data for the same period reveals that 6.6 percent of COVID-19 tests came back positive, with Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin seeing the highest test positivity rates of any region at 8.9 percent.

Bird flu outbreaks are raising egg prices in Connecticut and across the U.S. as the H5N1 virus impacts poultry supply.