A new warning from global health experts is raising alarms about the potential for a bird flu pandemic that could outpace the ...

Scientists warn that a widely spreading bird flu strain with no human immunity could trigger a pandemic even deadlier than ...

The bird flu virus that has been spreading among wild birds, poultry and mammals could lead to a pandemic worse than COVID-19 if it mutates to transmit between humans, the head of France's Institut ...

Virus experts from more than 40 countries are issuing an “urgent call to action” about bird flu, warning about a rising threat from H5N1 avian influenza. As worries grow about the potential for a ...

Health officials have been warning about the threat of a bird flu pandemic for months and are seemingly frustrated that the public does not seem concerned. There is no certainty that bird flu will ...

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 ...

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

After a summer hiatus, bird flu cases are once again ticking up in the United States. During the government shutdown, public health tracking systems stopped sharing updates, including CDC’s FluView ...

Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.