For three straight weeks, Ohio is at the highest level of flu spread, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The first case of bird flu in a human in Ohio has been reported, according to officials. A farm worker from Mercer County, Ohio, located on the state's western border along Indiana, came into contact with deceased poultry that was infected with the virus,

Ohio overdose deaths saw an 8.7% decrease from 2022 to 2023, exceeding the U.S. overdose decrease of 4% over that same time according to a recent study by the CDC. Ohio went from 45.6 deaths per 100,000 people in 2022,

Influenza A — a nasty flu strain that fueled the 2009 flu epidemic — has been landing Ohioans in the hospital since the beginning of the year. The second, less severe wave of flu-like illness, driven by the flu strain called influenza B, is expected to hit between mid-February and March.

Ohio's first human bird flu case was reported in Mercer County yesterday. Learn about testing for the virus, symptoms and the Ohio egg farming industry.

In November, the CDC posted a study that found dairy workers may have gotten sick without showing symptoms after being exposed to infected cows. Ohio's first human case of bird flu was announced by the Ohio Department of Health Wednesday. A man from Mercer ...

A day after the first human case of the bird flu had been reported in Ohio, a new study from the CDC has been released on the topic, suggesting that some people

With emergencies declared for bird flu in Mercer and Darke counties, 2 NEWS is digging deeper into how the virus spreads. Avian Influenza has been detected at more than 60 poultry farms in the Miami Valley.

Weekly numbers show that 2% of U.S. deaths for week 5 were due to the flu. COVID was responsible for 1.5% of deaths in the nation, the numbers show.