H5N1 bird flu has infected growing numbers of people worldwide in recent years, but this week saw something new: the first recorded human case of an H5N5 avian influenza virus. What is this virus and ...

The first ever avian influenza vaccine recently started trials in the US. This marks a milestone in the prevention of bird ...

Over the weekend, health officials in Spain reportedly informed the World Health Organization (WHO) of a possible human case of swine flu that may have been caused by person-to-person transmission.

Pigs could play a key role in ending the flu as we know it. That’s the message behind new research testing a computer-designed vaccine that protects swine from flu—and may one day do the same for ...

Bird flu cases reported in parts of Maharashtra have triggered fresh public health concern, especially after infected poultry ...

Health officials are making a renewed call for vigilance against bird flu, but some experts are puzzling over why reports of new human cases have stopped appearing. Has the search for cases been ...

A HUMAN bird flu vaccine trial has begun for the first time in a bid to prepare for the next pandemic. British scientists funded by the government have given experimental jabs to the first ...

A bird flu outbreak in Navapur has triggered mass culling and closer monitoring. Experts say the bigger concern is H5N1 ...

Bird flu viruses are a particular threat to humans because they can replicate at temperatures higher than a typical fever, one of the body's ways of stopping viruses in their tracks, according to new ...

Bird flu viruses are a particular threat to humans because they can replicate at temperatures higher than a typical fever, one of the body’s ways of stopping viruses in their tracks, according to new ...