In scenes more comfortably watched in a TV drama, the largest-ever British simulation of a disease outbreak took place this ...

Fever slows seasonal flu by blocking viral replication, but bird-flu strains resist heat. New research reveals why—and what ...

Scientists have discovered that avian influenza viruses have a gene that makes them incredibly resistant to heat, rendering ...

Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we ...

New research shows bird flu viruses can keep multiplying even at fever-level temperatures, unlike typical human flu. This ...

Bird flu may be particularly severe in humans because the viruses have shown to be resistant to fever - one of our body's ...

This year's version of H3N2 has experts on alert. It's a mutated version, subclade K, that may weaken the vaccine's ...

California could see an early and especially sharp start to the annual flu season, as a combination of low vaccination rates ...

Bird flu viruses are a particular threat to humans because they can replicate at temperatures higher than a typical fever, ...

Researchers discovered why bird flu can survive temperatures that stop human flu in its tracks. A key gene, PB1, gives avian viruses the ability to replicate even at fever-level heat. Mice experiments ...

The U.S. flu season is starting slowly, and it’s not clear if it will be as bad as last winter’s. But some health experts are ...

The Covid Inquiry has ruled that due to Boris Johnson’s lack of leadership during the pandemic, the first lockdown was ...