Turkeys make up approximately 2% of the entire U.S. poultry inventory, but account for 24% of new cases in commercial and ...

An unusually early outbreak of bird flu cases affecting high numbers of wild birds and poultry farms across Europe and North ...

It's just about turkey time, and while many birds in the Chicago area are mostly all spoken for, there are still some ...

The first human to have ever been infected with H5N5 strain of bird flu has died, Washington state health officials confirmed ...

It’s crucial that we monitor bird flu strains to help us prepare for potential outbreaks," said virologist Matt Turnbull.

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 ...

Eight farms in Illinois have reported bird flu cases to the government, and only two of those were turkey flocks. But larger ...

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

The United States has recorded the world’s first known human death from the H5N5 strain of avian influenza, or bird flu, in ...