Researchers are on high alert monitoring the local Piedras Blancas elephant seal rookery — though there is good news.

Doctors are warning people to stay vigilant as a seasonal flu virus that can lead to pneumonia and bronchitis spreads in ...

People and their canine companions are urged to be extra careful now at the beaches because of a new warning from the ...

Although the risk of the disease spreading to humans is very low, officials are encouraging the public to use caution across the California coast.

The confirmation last week of H5N1 bird flu in northern elephant seals at California’s Año Nuevo State Parkhas put wildlife managers and public health officials on alert.

California public health officials cautioned more children are testing positive for the flu this season. Here are flu ...

Multiple elephant seal pups along the Northern California coast have tested positive for the deadly avian influenza, or bird ...

It's not COVID-19 or the flu, but a respiratory virus has been hammering Northern California cities, including Sacramento and ...

After a catastrophic outbreak of bird flu devastated southern elephant seal populations in 2023, scientists are on high alert.

A new study investigates an ongoing epidemic in Bay Area peregrine falcons.

With measles outbreaks, flu spikes, and COVID as a seasonal threat, learn key differences between these contagious diseases, ...

A person receives both a flu and COVID-19 vaccine at CVS in Huntington Park in August 2024. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) California officials are issuing warnings about a new flu strain that ...