Bird flu has been confirmed at a large, commercial poultry site, according to the Department for Environment Food and Rural ...

As we get deeper into flu season, a new type of the influenza virus has been identified, the Centers for Disease Control and ...

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

The US has already culled about 8 million birds since September, a slight increase from last year, government data showed.

On Heard Island, a remote Australian subantarctic island some 4,000 km southwest of Perth, scientists were concerned after ...

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

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

Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) officials are reminding waterfowl hunters to take precautions to protect ...

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 ...