As we all learned in 2020, it does not take long for a disease outbreak to turn into a full-blown pandemic. Zoonotic diseases – such as COVID-19 or bird flu – are prime contenders for a future ...

It’s one of the worst nightmares facing epidemiologists: that the bird flu virus rampaging through poultry farms around the world could make the leap to human hosts. Now, researchers in India have ...

Bird Flu Alert In India: New cases surge across regions. Experts warn of high-risk symptoms, human transmission, and precautions to protect yourself.

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 ...

U.S. health officials are monitoring and preparing to combat bird flu in humans, even as they emphasize that the risk to the general public remains low. Stream Connecticut News for free, 24/7, ...

The concern with the bird flu is that it could have any or both of two mutations. The first would allow easier transmission to humans or other mammals and the second would enable it to become more ...

(Adds Vietnam info) BEIJING, Jan 12 (Reuters) - China does not have evidence to suggest that the bird flu virus has mutated into a form which can be spread by humans, the Health Ministry said on ...

Scientists have discovered that avian influenza viruses have a gene that makes them incredibly resistant to heat, rendering our body's natural defense system – fever – powerless in fighting infection.