Current strains of bird flu are “poorly suited for pandemic potential,” said Dr. Shira Doron, a Tufts Medicine infectious ...

Seasonal influenza vaccines triggered protective immune responses against the H5N1 avian influenza virus primarily in younger ...

A variant of the virus caused disease in people in 1997, when there was a small but deadly outbreak in Hong Kong. Eighteen ...

The first known death from a bird flu virus in the US has sparked fears about another pandemic, yet the overall risk to the ...

In its announcement this week of the first human death from bird flu in the United States, health officials in Louisiana were ...

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 early December 2024, a group of researchers published an article in the journal Science, entitled "A single mutation in ...

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 ...

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.

The nation's first human death due to the bird flu occurred this month, the latest development in a global outbreak that, ...

At least 66 people, most of them dairy workers, have been infected. Last week, the Louisiana Health Department reported the ...

Eggs are in short supply in California and high priced due to bird flu, laws, high labor and supply costs, and increased ...