The vagus nerve is, in one way of thinking, the conduit of the mind. Nerves are typically named for the specific functions they perform. Optic nerves carry signals from the eyes to the brain for ...

Trigeminal neuralgia is an ongoing pain condition that affects certain nerves in your face. You might also hear it called “tic douloureux.” It causes sudden and severe pain that some people ...

Brood parasitic birds lay their eggs in the nests of others, sparing themselves the expense of rearing their own young. The resulting coevolutionary arms race includes sophisticated defenses by ...

The bird flu situation in the United States has evolved rapidly since April, when news about the virus infecting dairy cows ...

“I still have the same nerves of letting the first birds go in ‘96 ... Hauck’s outlook has sharpened: There will always be ...

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Amid a US outbreak of avian influenza in poultry flocks and dairy cattle, the federal government on Friday announced $72 million in funding to three vaccine manufacturers to expand the production ...

That human case of A(H5) avian flu in Missouri that had no known contact with poultry or other animals has been confirmed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Missouri ...

The sad sight of a penguin pictured lying on an Aussie beach over the weekend has done little to ease nerves over the imminent threat of avian influenza — a strain of bird flu that poses "catastrophic ...

The patient had no exposure to animals that carry the virus — and is now the first known U.S. case of a person who contracted ...

The center takes in about 10,000 species of animals annually and 65% of them are avian. Many are victims of window collisions and during peak migration in the fall, several hundred birds can show ...