Reports this week of a teen in British Columbia who tested positive for H5 avian influenza has renewed attention on the virus ...

Oregon confirms its first human bird flu case, the latest in dozens of cases in the U.S. this year. Experts discuss the ...

With migratory waterfowl back for the cold seasons, Oregon is the first state to report new spike in avian flu detections ...

Researchers have identified new roles for a protein long known to protect against severe flu infection -- among them, raising the minimum number of viral particles needed to cause sickness.

The protein also helps prevent unfamiliar viruses from mutating after they infect a new host, the study found – meaning its .

The City of El Paso’s Department of Public Health is partnering up with the El Paso Fire Department to host a free drive-thru ...

Researchers have identified new roles for a protein long known to protect against severe flu infection—among them, raising ...

Health Canada has authorized three influenza vaccines that could be used if bird flu became a pandemic, the agency says. The ...

A teenager has been left in critical condition after contracting the first presumptive human case of avian influenza in ...

Oct. 28, 2024 — A strain of H5N1 avian influenza virus found in a Texas dairy worker who was infected this spring was able to spread among ferrets through the air, ... Aug. 19, 2024 — The ...

H5N1 influenza has now been detected in pigs. This was something virologists had been worrying about ever since this highly ...

"There is no real way to distinguish COVID-19 from influenza based on clinical symptoms because they overlap so much," he said. Common COVID and flu symptoms include sore throat, fever, fatigue ...