Following the first human death from the H5N5 strain of bird flu, experts are warning the virus, of which a number of strains ...

"A bird flu pandemic would probably be quite severe, potentially even more severe than the pandemic we experienced." ...

European health authorities issue warnings over unprecedented bird flu outbreaks, urging early detection, preparedness and ...

People have antibodies against common H1 and H3 seasonal flu, but none against the H5 bird flu affecting birds and mammals ...

Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.

The death from bird flu of a person in Washington is a reminder that avian flu is circulating widely during flu season, ...

Experts warn that the bird flu virus, if mutated to enable human-to-human transmission, could cause a pandemic worse than ...

Scientists have discovered that avian influenza viruses have a gene that makes them incredibly resistant to heat, rendering ...

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

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