A study uncovers the viral gene that lets bird flu beat fever, reshaping surveillance strategies as H5N1 continues to spread.

A Washington resident has been hospitalized with bird flu, according to the Washington State Health Department, and they’re infected with a strain of the virus that hasn’t been seen in humans before.

It’s crucial that we monitor bird flu strains to help us prepare for potential outbreaks," said virologist Matt Turnbull.

Bird flu viruses are a particular threat to humans because they can replicate at temperatures higher than a typical fever, ...

Researchers discovered why bird flu can survive temperatures that stop human flu in its tracks. A key gene, PB1, gives avian viruses the ability to replicate even at fever-level heat. Mice experiments ...

The person, who had been hospitalized in King County since early November, died on Nov. 21, health officials said.

The first human to have ever been infected with H5N5 strain of bird flu has died, Washington state health officials confirmed ...

A Washington state resident who was undergoing treatment for H5N5 avian influenza died on Friday, the Washington State Department of Health reported. | A Washington state resident who was undergoing ...

Grays Harbor County, Wash. — A Washington state resident is believed to be the first person to die from a rare strain of bird ...

While it remains seasonal in poultry, the disease is spreading in dairy cows and infecting hundreds of other ...

Bird flu has been confirmed at a large, commercial poultry site, according to the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). It says a 3km (1.9 mile) protection zone and a further 10km ...

While the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza continues to pop up around Michigan and infecting poultry farms, the strain that ...