The H5N1 bird flu outbreak in the U.S. has so far been shockingly mild. Researchers have some theories as to why.

All poultry exports are on hold until New Zealand is free of the highly pathogenic bird flu detected at an egg farm near Moeraki, Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hoggard says. The Ministry for Primary ...

New research reveals how cigarette smoke disrupts microbiota, leading to worse outcomes in influenza A virus infections.

Explainer - Can we still eat NZ eggs? And are our native birds safe? As 40,000 birds are to be killed on a North Otago farm, ...

Unlike temperate regions such as the U.S. or Europe, where a flu season is confined to winter months, India experiences ...

The original pandemic virus before it was supplanted by SARS-CoV-2 is still influenza. Over the centuries, influenza pandemics have decimated human populations. One of the worst in history is the 1918 ...