Robert Redfield, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), warned that a bird flu pandemic was coming. He said

This winter's wave of norovirus infections has reached levels that are now more than double last season's peak, in figures published Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracking the notorious stomach bug.

Norovirus, commonly called the stomach flu, is a gastrointestinal virus causing vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramping and a fever.

At least two Michigan health systems have put temporary visitor restrictions in place to reduce spread of illness between guests, patients, and workers. It isn’t a new move for Corewell Health or Detroit Medical Center, both of which have limited visitors during recent flu seasons.

At the end of December, trends in respiratory illness reached the highest levels so far this season at both the national level and in Michigan.

Norovirus cases have surged over double last year's peak, with a new strain, GII.17[P17], driving outbreaks. The Midwest is hardest hit as experts stress precautions.

A buck harvested in Mecosta County has been identified with chronic wasting disease, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said in a news release, the first positive case found in the county as the always-fatal disease continues to spread.

News of a chronic wasting disease case in Mecosta County came just days after Minnesota researchers said CWD could eventually pose a risk to other wildlife, livestock and potentially humans.

As Michigan faces winter weather and snow, with Arctic cold air in the region, there's a risk of hypothermia and frostbite. Here's what to know.

As flu, COVID-19 and RSV cases rise, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is encouraging Michigan residents to get vaccinated.

CDC seeks quicker patient testing for bird fluBy KIM de BOURBONAlthough it says the risk of bird flu contagion to the public remains low, with no evidence of human-to-human transmission, the Centers for Disease

The U.S. is seeing a "quad-demic" as cases of COVID-19, flu, RSV and norovirus spread at the same time. Experts said this is what you need to know.