Viruses work by taking control of our cells and carefully reprogramming them into machines to make more viruses. Because of ...

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

Experts and health authorities say that while the risk of human infection with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza remains low ...

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 ...

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

There are no indications that H5N1 bird flu would spark a pandemic, but experts urged preparedness including stockpiling ...

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 .

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

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

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

A study reveals that the immune protein IFITM3 limits flu infection severity and mutation rates, especially from zoonotic ...