New York’s top health official is urging residents to get vaccinated ahead of the holiday season as the number of flu and ...

The chikungunya virus is currently running rampant through China and other nearby countries, the New York Department of Health said. Now, it’s been identified in a person living in Nassau County on ...

Subclade K, a variant of the influenza A strain H3N2, is being detected in the U.S. This is the same variant that experts say ...

A rare case of chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus usually found in South America, has been confirmed in suburban New York, marking the first locally acquired US infection in nearly a decade. Health ...

The virus was once found only in Africa and Asia. Health officials issue warning after US region's first-ever case of dangerous virus: 'We urge everyone to take simple precautions' first appeared on ...

FILE - This 2014 photo made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a feeding female Anopheles funestus mosquito. (James Gathany/CDC via AP, File) (James Gathany) ...

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A person living in New York has tested positive for the chikungunya virus in what state health officials say is the first reported transmission of the mosquito-borne illness ...