Influenza virus is an infectious agent belonging to the virus family Orthomyxoviridae that causes a respiratory tract infection (influenza or 'flu') in vertebrates. There are three main species ...

If just one hen tests positive for the H5N1 virus, it could precipitate the preventative deaths of the entire flock. The disease, which so far has affected 166 million birds, temporarily shuttered ...

Iowa State University agricultural economist Chad Hart noted that past bird flu outbreaks have generally occurred in the spring and fall, when the wild birds that carry the virus are migrating.

Americans may have already felt sticker shock while picking up a carton ... according the Bureau of Labor Statistics. If the H5N1 virus is found in a flock, the flock must be euthanized, or ...

Virology is the scientific discipline concerned with the study of the biology of viruses and viral diseases, including the distribution, biochemistry, physiology, molecular biology, ecology ...

The outbreak, the WHO warns, may be the result of another virus jumping the barrier from humans to animals. The WHO said the outbreak began just over a month ago on January 21, and that 419 cases ...

The highly pathogenic H5N1 virus, or bird flu, infected flocks across the country last year, resulting in the deaths of more than 40 million egg-laying birds, according to the US Department of ...

Both oral herpes and genitals herpes are caused by types of the herpes simplex virus (HSV). The virus is passed when you come in contact with a herpes sore or its fluids. The virus can also be passed ...

The new virus is understood to be related to MERS, a deadlier coronavirus that kills up to a third of people it infects. And the news has put health officials worldwide on alert after Covid-19 ...

Online, his supporters are selling hats, stickers, and copies of his wanted poster. On Friday morning, a truck empaneled with LED screens circled the blocks around the courthouse with a portrait ...

(In Canada, smaller commercial farms mitigate the impact of outbreaks and the subsequent sticker shock ... and polar bears have all died from the virus, which also wiped out 18,000 elephant ...