bird flu

Fatality rates may be overestimated.

Animal noses could make for sensitive disease detectors

Bird flu virus can remain infectious nearly 2 years.

Pandemics, plagues and pestilence have beset humans throughout history.

Here are some reasons why it's hard to make a magic bullet against the new swine flu, or any flu, in time to make a difference.

A vaccine for swine flu could take at least six months to manufacture and distribute widely.

Chemical clues in feathers could help scientists track the migratory paths of birds carrying avian flu.

Around 50 million people caught diseases transmitted by animals between 2000 and 2005. And that number is rising, a study suggests.

A new computer model reveals how the flu virus might spread quickly across the country and what methods would best thwart it.

The number of humans confirmed killed by the bird flu strain called H5N1 topped 100 today, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).