It’s crucial that we monitor bird flu strains to help us prepare for potential outbreaks," said virologist Matt Turnbull.

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

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

Grays Harbor County, Wash. — A Washington state resident is believed to be the first person to die from a rare strain of bird ...

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

Bird flu viruses can replicate at temperatures higher than a typical fever as one of the body's ways of stopping viruses in ...

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 United States has reported its first human death caused by the H5N5 bird flu strain. Learn what this development means ...

Kate Postance told the BBC her 500 free-range turkeys and 300 chickens at her farm in Ceredigion were now in "flockdown" to ...

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

Unlike seasonal flu strains, people have no existing antibodies against H5 viruses, meaning immunity among the population is ...