The flu sickens millions of people in the U.S. every year, and the past year has been particularly tough. Although infections ...

And in severe cases, flu symptoms can be serious enough to lead to hospitalization and death. Flu viruses are categorized ...

A recent study has revealed that a single genetic change in a strain of the highly pathogenic H5 influenza virus could ...

A variant of the bird flu virus, collected in 2016 and no longer in circulation, was just one mutation away from being able to bind to human receptors.

This year's flu season has become Washington state's deadliest in nearly a decade, totaling at least 388 deaths so far.

Rampant bird flu has torn across America’s livestock, sickened farm workers and resulted in the culling of millions of birds ...

A chewing gum made from lablab beans may be the next big tool in fighting viral transmission. Scientists found that this gum ...

To create the experimental bird flu vaccine, the researchers added what’s called a histidine tag, or his-tag, to both the H5 and N1. His-tags are short strings of amino acids that have a natural ...

Public health and infectious disease experts say the risk to people is currently low, but they have expressed concern that this strain of the bird flu virus may mutate to spread between people.