While drugmakers are hard at work on the shots, they’re not yet ready to blunt the impact of a potential pandemic.

As bird flu continues to threaten animals and public health, the U.S. government has stepped up its response. Experts says it ...

Sec. Mike Naig says the U.S. government is using what he describes as a three-legged stool approach to address the virus in ...

At least two field trials of vaccines against the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) are set to be completed by the end ...

No person-to-person spread has been detected, but that doesn’t mean an H5N1 avian influenza pandemic isn’t possible or even ...

Local hospitals are now being urged by the CDC to be on the lookout for avian influenza among patients. When children are ...

In Riverside County, 25 dairy and poultry farms including one backyard flock have tested positive for Avian influenza (bird ...

Moderna has been awarded approximately $590 million from the federal government to help speed up the development of an ...

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today confirmed more H5N1 avian ...

The Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue, which lost its entire flock of 99,000 to an outbreak of bird flu, has begun the long, ...

Suresh Mittal, Distinguished Professor of Virology in the College of Veterinary Medicine, presented “Universal Influenza Vaccine — An Aspiration or Reality?” at the Westwood Lecture Series on Jan. 28.

Both H5N9 and H5N1 were detected at the duck farm in Merced County, according to tests conducted by the US Department of ...