Scientists have warned H5N1 bird flu could make a dangerous leap to humans, triggering a global health crisis.

FOR years, scientists have warned that bird flu could one day spill over from birds to humans, triggering a global health ...

Bird flu could be the next pandemic It’s one of the worst nightmares facing epidemiologists: that the virus could escape ...

Key mutations and animal spread could raise the risk to humans. Bird flu is spreading. The avian influenza virus H5N1 has ...

Scientists identify key tipping point when bird flu could cause a pandemic in humans - Simulation finds quarantining is most effective in controlling human spread as long as it is done when number of ...

Following the first human death from the H5N5 strain of bird flu, experts are warning the virus, of which a number of strains ...

A Washington resident has been hospitalized with bird flu, according to the Washington State Health Department, and they’re infected with a strain of the virus that hasn’t been seen in humans before.

Finding that vampire bats along Peru’s coast carried H5N1 antibodies raises concerns that multiple bat species could become ...

Bird flu resists fever’s heat; a viral gene enables replication at high temperatures, bypassing immune defences.

Bird influenzas are known not only for their danger and severity, but also for their ability to jump to other creatures, including humans. However, recently the ongoing H5N1 bird flu was detected in ...