The Global Virus Network, a group that represents virologists from more than 40 countries, has called on governments around ...

It takes several hours for the results of a polymerase chain reaction test, which “detects genetic material from a pathogen ...

While the risk of contracting and dying from the H5N1 avian flu remains low for humans, researchers continue to hunt for ...

According to the World Health Organization, infections in humans can cause severe disease with a high mortality rate.

Virologists across the globe are raising alarms over the spread of the H5N1 avian flu virus, which is now infecting not just ...

"The virus lives in water quite successfully and so when these birds are migrating through ... if there's one bird on the water, then all the other birds on the water are susceptible." ...

A deadly wave of avian influenza, industry-led policy and deepening ethical and biological risks are exposing flaws in the ...

A year after the virus jumped from birds to cows, the change in administration, as warned by scientists themselves, does not ...

Veena George directs Kerala local bodies to prepare micro plans by May 15 to combat anticipated increase in dengue, rabies, ...

Public health experts share concerns that the H5N1 bird flu outbreak could turn into a pandemic. What to know after Louisiana ...

The FDA and CDC have ended key bird flu surveillance programs, including milk testing and outbreak updates. Experts say this ...