A study published in the journal Cell provides the clearest evidence to date that people infected with influenza actively ...

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.

Of all the pathogens that have plagued humanity, few are as notorious and persistent as influenza. Its Houdini-like ability to regularly slip the shackles of vaccine- or infection-induced immunity, ...

The critical, structural changes that enveloped viruses, such as HIV, Ebola and influenza, undergo before invading host cells have been revealed by scientists using nano-infrared spectroscopic imaging ...

Air and surface testing in live poultry markets detects dangerous viruses earlier than testing birds alone, improving ...

WEST FARGO, N.D. — Avian influenza activity has started to ramp up in North Dakota and South Dakota over recent weeks. Health experts in North Dakota are hoping to keep the public informed on what ...

A bird flu virus that has often been ignored because it mostly causes minor disease in birds has the potential to cause a human pandemic, says a team that has tracked how the H9N2 virus has become ...

In a bid to understand why mosquitoes may be more attracted to one human than another, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have mapped specialized receptors on the insects' nerve cells that ...