Scientists have finally watched influenza viruses break into living human cells in real time, catching the microscopic ...

Bird flu viruses are a particular threat to humans because they can replicate at temperatures higher than a typical fever, ...

Bird flu viruses may pack a little taste of home to help them adapt to life in new hosts. Despite plenty of instances of bird flu viruses infecting people, scientists weren’t sure exactly how the ...

Scientists have discovered that H5N1, the strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus currently spreading in U.S. dairy cows, only needs a single mutation to readily latch on to human cells ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses have caused widespread infections in dairy cows and poultry in the United States, with sporadic human cases. We describe characteristics of human ...

Black cats may be considered bad luck in many Western societies, however, one such sooty feline has brought good fortune to a team of scientists, playing a pivotal role in discovering a new virus ...

H5N1 bird flu has infected growing numbers of people worldwide in recent years, but this week saw something new: the first ...

Background. Drug-resistant minority variants (DRMinVs) detected in patients who recently acquired human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) can be transmitted, generated de novo through virus ...

A new analysis of two skeletons suggests that three modern human viruses infected Neanderthals around 50,000 years ago. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...

DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill. — Health officials in DuPage County have confirmed the county’s first human case of West Nile Virus this year, the third confirmed case statewide in 2025. Health officials from the ...