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 ...

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, ...

Bird flu viruses may be more dangerous to humans than previously thought because they can survive and grow even when the body ...

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

Avian influenza viruses pose a specific risk to people, as they can multiply at temperatures exceeding a normal fever, which ...

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 ...

According to a press release from the Michigan Dept of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD), the presence of highly ...