Today for the first time since October, Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP) is reporting three new H9N2 avian flu cases, all with symptom onset in November. The patients came from Guangdong ...

Scientists have warned H5N1 bird flu could make a dangerous leap to humans, triggering a global health crisis.

Napa County is tightening its rooster laws. Some rural residents say keeping cats by the dozens also causes problems.

A “devastating” wave of bird flu has struck a Freeburg-area farm known for selling a variety of eggs from pasture-raised chickens, ducks, geese and guinea hens. “I was shocked at how fast it went ...

A case of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in a commercial turkey flock of about 18,000 birds in Hamilton County, according to the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land ...

Bird flu viruses are a particular threat to humans because they can replicate at temperatures higher than a typical fever, one of the body’s ways of stopping viruses in their tracks, according to new ...

Officials in Galveston County confirmed Monday several positive cases of avian influenza, or bird flu, across the area. In fact, the county said that 27 birds have died from influenza, known as H5N1, ...

As highly pathogenic avian influenza − bird flu − appears to be on the rise in Michigan, the state Department of Natural Resources is asking for waterfowl hunters' assistance in helping curb the ...

Scientists have discovered that avian influenza viruses have a gene that makes them incredibly resistant to heat, rendering our body's natural defense system – fever – powerless in fighting infection.

Influenza viruses are common, and the seasonal flu tends to infect many people every year. Influenza A viruses are the most common kind of human influenza virus, and they usually infect cells in the ...

After the virus returned to Hawaii this fall, testing the shots in the endangered seal species became urgent. After the virus returned to Hawaii this fall, testing the shots in the endangered seal ...

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 ...