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

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

New research reveals that the bird flu viruses may be capable of replicating at temperatures higher than an average fever, a ...

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 ...

BEIJING — A 41-year-old man in Jiangsu province, which is northwest of Shanghai, has contracted possibly the world's first human case of the H10N3 strain of bird flu, the Chinese government said ...

There is a tremendous level of global surveillance and scrutiny at the moment concerning novel viruses and our ability to track them as they emerge appear in humans, such as the recent discovery of a ...

After a Western Washington resident became the first human to contract a rare form of avian flu, you may be wondering if ...