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

A new warning from global health experts is raising alarms about the potential for a bird flu pandemic that could outpace the devastation of COVID-19, if the H5N1 virus mutates to spread easily ...

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

Authorities say bird flu poses a low risk to people right now, but in animals — both wild and domestic — it's causing global ...

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

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.

H5N1 bird flu has been circulating in U.S. wildlife since late 2021 but has caused only one human fatality. Now a different ...

The bird flu virus that has been spreading among wild birds, poultry and mammals could lead to a pandemic worse than COVID-19 if it mutates to transmit between humans, the head of France's Institut ...

Scientists warn that a widely spreading bird flu strain with no human immunity could trigger a pandemic even deadlier than ...

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 ...

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

Bird flu may be particularly severe in humans because the viruses have shown to be resistant to fever - one of our body's ...