In 1918, a strain of influenza known as Spanish flu caused a global pandemic, spreading rapidly and killing indiscriminately. Young, old, sick and otherwise-healthy people all became infected — at ...

Avian influenza infections in the US have been rising over the past year, but there’s no evidence so far that people can infect each other with this strain of the virus.

(KFVS) - Mayors of towns along the Mississippi River hosted a joint news conference on Monday, April 7 to discuss flooding. Cape Girardeau Mayor Stacy Kinder said the city’s water systems are ...

The cumulative hospitalization rate for flu is now the highest since the 2010-2011 season, with an estimated 45 million illnesses, 580,000 hospitalizations and 25,000 deaths reported.

Heavy rainfall in Memphis, totaling over a foot in some areas, has caused minor flooding in the Mississippi and Wolf Rivers. The Mississippi River is expected to remain in the minor flood stage ...

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State baseball has earned its first SEC series win of the season. The Bulldogs (19-13, 3-9 SEC) won Sunday’s rubber match 6-0 against South Carolina (19-14 ...

Cuts to public health and mental health funding in Mississippi have doubled – reaching ... efforts for emerging pathogens, like H5 bird flu.

Kennedy Jr. falsely claiming that vaccines caused the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic known as the Spanish flu. One Facebook post (archived) with around 105,000 reactions at the time of this writing ...

Kennedy Jr. said he had read "articles" and "evidence" linking the start of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic, known as the Spanish flu, to vaccine research. Kennedy described these articles as "strong ...

Mississippi State baseball has lost a third straight SEC series to begin the 2025 season. The Bulldogs (16-12, 1-8 SEC) were swept at No. 6 LSU (26-3, 7-2) this weekend. They lost 8-6 on Thursday ...

Now, the United Nations is urging member governments to take coordinated action to address the “unprecedented” spread of highly pathogenic bird flu — a threat to health, food security ...