New research reveals why bird flu poses such an unusual danger to humans: it can keep multiplying even at temperatures that normally shut viruses down.

Following the first human death from the H5N5 strain of bird flu, experts are warning the virus, of which a number of strains ...

Health officials in the United States confirmed a human case of bird flu with a rare strain, H5N5, that had previously only been reported in animals and never in a human. The patient is an older adult ...

By Sybille de La Hamaide PARIS (Reuters) -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 ...

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

The death from bird flu of a person in Washington is a reminder that avian flu is circulating widely during flu season, ...

A bird flu virus that has often been ignored because it mostly causes minor disease in birds has the potential to cause a human pandemic, says a team that has tracked how the H9N2 virus has become ...

PARIS (Reuters) -The bird flu virus that has been spreading among wild birds, poultry and mammals could lead to a pandemic worse than COVID-19 if the virus mutates to transmit between humans, the head ...