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

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 ...

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

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

RCPH said there were no reported cases of bird flu in humans in the county as of Monday, and the current public health risk ...

A man who became infected with a strain of bird flu previously never seen in humans has died, officials have confirmed.

The first person to contract H5N5 avian influenza, a rare strain of the disease known as bird flu, died in Washington state Friday. The state’s Department of Health said in a release the resident ...

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

Although bird flu infections in humans remain rare, this case marks a significant development in flu surveillance in the U.S.

The death was the second from bird flu recorded in the U.S. since 2022. It was the first human case in the state this year.

A Washington resident died of complications from an infection with a bird flu strain never before reported in humans, the state Department of Health said on Friday.