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

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 ...

On Heard Island, a remote Australian subantarctic island some 4,000 km southwest of Perth, scientists were concerned after ...

Egg producers claimed the avian flu outbreak in late 2021 decimated the chicken population, but demand remained consistent ...

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

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in a backyard flock in Ontonagon County, according to a news release from ...

Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) officials are reminding waterfowl hunters to take precautions to protect ...

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

In the last 30 days, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza in 96 cases in ...

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

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 ...

Thanksgiving is a big day for the farmers who raise the centerpiece of Americans' dinner tables on the last Thursday of ...