The US has already culled about 8 million birds since September, a slight increase from last year, government data showed.

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, ...

Bird flu viruses may be more dangerous to humans than previously thought because they can survive and grow even when the body ...

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

Avian influenza viruses pose a specific risk to people, as they can multiply at temperatures exceeding a normal fever, which ...

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 recent news of bird flu has led to increased caution when it comes to handling poultry. But there are some ways that you ...

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

A years-long bird flu outbreak is still impacting many turkey farms, but that doesn't mean it's impacting the turkey you are ...

While it remains seasonal in poultry, the disease is spreading in dairy cows and infecting hundreds of other ...