Researchers at Texas Biomedical Research Institute have developed a new, proof-of-concept vaccine to protect people from the bird flu strain currently circulating in the United States. The team, led ...

In recent years, there has been growing concern over the H5N1 influenza virus. It was first identified in birds three decades ...

Expert says H5N1 has the potential to spur a major epidemic if its circulation among poultry, cattle and humans is not ...

Studies suggest that people who had seasonal flus or vaccinations have low antibody levels against H5N1 bird flu.

Human mammary glands contain sugars that avian influenza can latch onto to infect cells, researchers report August 8 at medRxiv.org. The finding, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, raises the ...

Since its emergence in US dairy cattle, highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu, H5N1) has defied control, spreading to ...

More Funding Going to Tackle HPAI H5N1, Egg Imports are Now Underway to Stabilize Supply USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins says the agency is hyper-focused on poultry, but no vaccine is yet available ...

New research projects funded to combat avian influenza in swine focus on vaccine development, transmission risks, and biosecurity measures.

Make public the government’s planned strategy for H5N1 communication. Government agencies should provide people with a rough schedule of when they should expect to be updated.

As the Southeast Asian state confirms its 15th human case this year, more outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza have also been confirmed in Cambodian poultry.

The H5N1 bird flu virus has historically extracted a heavy toll when it infects humans, with nearly half of confirmed cases ending in death over the past three decades. But of the 70 cases ...

The Trump administration is terminating biodefense research funding for mRNA projects, raising concerns about the nation’s ...