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

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

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

For decades, the flu virus in the shots you’re offered every fall has been grown in chicken eggs. Now, scientists are trying more modern methods of developing vaccines that they hope will be even more ...

An outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed on a poultry premises in Somerset. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ( DEFRA) has said there are confirmed cases of the contagious H5N1 ...

The first human case of H5N5 avian flu appears to be an isolated case and is unlikely to spark wider transmission, Taiwanese experts said this week, after the US earlier this month reported a person ...