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.

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

A strain of bird flu never seen in humans has infected a Washington state resident and left the person hospitalized, state ...

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 bird flu virus that has been spreading among wild birds, poultry and mammals could lead to a pandemic worse than COVID-19 ...

New bird flu mutations can survive human fever, making the virus potentially more dangerous. Learn how PB1 gene increases ...

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

Fever slows seasonal flu by blocking viral replication, but bird-flu strains resist heat. New research reveals why—and what ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in a backyard flock in Ontonagon County, according to a news release from ...

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

The virus would become a pandemic virus if it gains the capability of human-to-human transmission, the head of the French ...