Current strains of bird flu are “poorly suited for pandemic potential,” said Dr. Shira Doron, a Tufts Medicine infectious ...
Avian flu is rampant in poultry farms and in wild birds in the U.S. Every mutation brings the virus one step closer to the ...
With reports of the first human death from bird flu in the US, some Americans are feeling an uncomfortable flashback to the ...
Trump's pick for health secretary has a record of attacking vaccines. In fact he's even taken direct aim at bird flu shots.
In its announcement this week of the first human death from bird flu in the United States, health officials in Louisiana were ...
Since early 2024, the U.S. has logged 66 human cases of H5N1. Scientists are keeping a watchful eye on the virus’s spread as we enter a new year.
At least 66 people, most of them dairy workers, have been infected. Last week, the Louisiana Health Department reported the ...
A variant of the virus caused disease in people in 1997, when there was a small but deadly outbreak in Hong Kong. Eighteen ...
President Joe Biden's outgoing administration on Thursday announced $211 million in new funding to develop mRNA vaccines ...
The first known death from a bird flu virus in the US has sparked fears about another pandemic, yet the overall risk to the ...
Seasonal influenza vaccines triggered protective immune responses against the H5N1 avian influenza virus primarily in younger ...
Biden officials touted the steps they took to halt or prevent disease threats, but some public heath researchers offer a more ...