When you stare into your dog's adorable puppy eyes, it's doing a lot more than just tugging at your heartstrings, it's ...

For the past several years, millions of birds around the world have been killed or culled because of a highly pathogenic form ...

An extensive look at wastewater samples taken across the United States from May to July found traces of the H5N1 bird flu ...

It is not inevitable that H5N1 will develop into a pandemic -- if we act now. Unfortunately, instead of urgent action, we ...

Mutations in SHANK3, a gene encoding a synaptic scaffolding protein, have been repeatedly identified in individuals with ...

The case is concerning because it's the first human case this year not tied to a known exposure to animals. Before now, all ...

The ability of mother plants to prevent the spread of viruses to most of their offspring has puzzled scientists for a century ...

Several labs will work with federal health authorities to develop a test for avian influenza, as the number of human cases ...

The mutant plants both grew and produced seeds normally ... the discovery could have broad implications for animal as well as human disease prevention. The researchers have certain human viruses, like ...

Bird flu has killed millions of fowl and infected, even killed, hundreds of humans. But the jump to cattle has experts ...

Bird flu typically spreads among birds, but there have been recent outbreaks among cattle in the U.S., and one Texas man ...

New therapeutic opportunities often emerge from research on simple organisms. For instance, the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry ...