It’s not like no one has tried. In the late ‘90s and early aughts, a now-defunct company, ViroPharma, developed an antiviral ...

COLD AND FLU VIRUSES have been making people sneeze and hack for millennia. Ancient Egyptians described a flu-like illness on ...

Federal and state health and agriculture officials continue to monitor the unusual strain of avian flu that has also infected ...

A new study highlights the need for public health officials to ramp up bird flu surveillance in our feline companions.

Horses have been infected by bird flu without symptoms, raising concerns the virus could spread to other species, including ...

Scientists are concerned that the H5N1 virus could set off another human pandemic. But it is already putting species under ...

At least 1 person in Texas contracted H5N1 bird flu after exposure to cattle. Experts worry that if the virus mutates, it ...

a nightmare scenario that experts have raised is if H5N1 swaps segments with the seasonal flu, creating a new, potentially ...

Influenza or flu virus remains infectious in refrigerated raw milk for up to five days, according to a new Stanford study. The findings come at a time when outbreaks of bird flu – a different subtype ...

Cats "shed the virus through both respiratory and digestive tracts, potentially creating multiple routes of exposure to ...

As countries in the Northern hemisphere deal with the flu season, experts say regulation surrounding flu vaccines could be due for a shake up with new healthcare leaders set to take charge in the US.