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 ...

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

An animal rescuer said the toll inflicted on British swans will likely only grow in the days to come, with 'carnage' on the ...

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 ...

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

The bird flu virus that has been spreading among wild birds, poultry and mammals could lead to a pandemic worse than COVID-19 if it mutates to transmit between humans, the head of France's Institut ...

An unusually early outbreak of bird flu cases affecting high numbers of wild birds and poultry farms across Europe and North ...

Turkeys make up approximately 2% of the entire U.S. poultry inventory, but account for 24% of new cases in commercial and ...

A Washington state resident is believed to be the first person to die from a rare strain of bird flu, but state health ...

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