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.

So far there’s been only one reported human case of bird flu in Texas this year in April and 46 total in the U.S., according ...

Another cause for concern: flu season is underway in the U.S., and as seasonal influenza virus goes around, “humans, ...

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

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM State Epidemiologist Dr. Sarah Kemble said Thursday that the state Department of Health is not yet able to determine whether the specimen collected last week ...

There are many processes and proteins that help the body fight a flu infection. One of them is known as IFITM3. | ...

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

Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in American dairy herds and poultry flocks, Canadian officials have announced ...

African swine fever outbreak in Kottiyoor prompts culling of infected pigs and strict measures to prevent further spread.

H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the virus in swine in the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday.

A Canadian teen who is in critical condition after contracting H5N1 bird flu was infected with a version of the virus that is different from the one circulating in U.S. cattle.