In A Nutshell In mouse experiments, raising body temperature by about 2°C turned severe flu infections into mild ones ...

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

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

The bird flu virus that has been spreading among wild birds, poultry and mammals could lead to a pandemic worse than COVID-19 ...

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 ...

New bird flu mutations can survive human fever, making the virus potentially more dangerous. Learn how PB1 gene increases ...

New research from the Universities of Cambridge and Glasgow highlights a worrying trait of avian influenza (bird flu) viruses ...

It was a quiet summer for bird flu: Egg prices fell a bit, fewer sick poultry flocks were culled on farms, and officials took a breath. “It was lovely,” said Shauna Voss, the assistant director of the ...

The first human to have ever been infected with H5N5 strain of bird flu has died, Washington state health officials confirmed ...

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

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

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