A little-known virus that causes nasty flu-like symptoms is spreading in California — and it doesn’t have a vaccine. Cases of ...

Human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, typically spreads during winter and spring.

Student Health said that the virus has some symptoms similar to the common cold.

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

Two weeks after scientists confirmed the first-ever outbreak of avian influenza, or bird flu, in elephant seals along the ...

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

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

An avian flu outbreak, which killed several elephant seals at California’s Año Nuevo State Park last month, has spread to two ...

After H5N1 bird flu was detected in elephant seals gathered at Año Nuevo State Park, other marine mammals have also succumbed, including a sea otter and sea lion. So far, only animals in San Mateo ...

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

The cluster of infections appears confined to an area of San Mateo County, and no cases have been detected at Point Reyes National Seashore.