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

Recent history makes clear that microbiological disasters can strike anytime. But a longer history should remind us of the ...

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 ...

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

To learn more about the recent bird flu outbreaks, we spoke with Asha Shah, MD, director of infectious diseases and ...

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

Seasonal influenza vaccines triggered protective immune responses against the H5N1 avian influenza virus primarily in younger people, indicating its potential use as a first line of defense during an ...

In Riverside County, 23 dairy and poultry farms including one backyard flock have tested positive for Avian influenza (bird ...

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

In 2023, Moderna initiated a study on a “pandemic influenza vaccine” to protect against H5 and H7 avian influenza viruses. In ...

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