Researchers have identified new roles for a protein long known to protect against severe flu infection -- among them, raising the minimum number of viral particles needed to cause sickness.

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM State Epidemiologist Dr. Sarah Kemble said Thursday that the state Department of Health is not yet able to determine whether the specimen collected last week ...

Canadian officials have announced that a teenager in British Columbia has been hospitalized in critical condition with what is believed to be bird flu.

A major gathering of global biosecurity experts has been told about the fight against Disease X and efforts to contain bird ...

Another cause for concern: flu season is underway in the U.S., and as seasonal influenza virus goes around, “humans, ...