Health and safety measures are being introduced after dead birds at a lake in South Yorkshire were found to have bird flu.

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

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

Bird flu may be particularly severe in humans because it is resistant to one of the body’s most important defence systems, a ...

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 ...

They were admitted to hospital, and on November 14, officials confirmed that tests showed infection with an H5N5 avian ...

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

An outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed on a poultry premises in Somerset. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural ...

A case of bird flu at a poultry farm in Kent has sparked concern at a nearby conservation area which attracts many rare ...

A 3km 'protection zone' and a 10km 'surveillance zone' have been put in place to try to stop the further spread of the ...

Leeds City Council will be monitoring the situation closely. Members of the public visiting the park have been warned to ...

This was the first ever reported human infection with an H5N5 influenza virus. The NHS warns that symptoms of bird flu ...