Paul Kelly, whose turkey business has previously been hit by bird flu, is among those calling for a vaccination scheme for ...

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

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

A prophylactic antibody-based immune therapy protects monkeys against severe disease caused by H5N1 avian flu, University of ...

This latest outbreak is part of a broader epizootic that has swept across the United States, affecting not only poultry but ...

The antibody targets a stable part of the bird flu virus, ensuring that the immune protection can resist new variants and offer long-term protection against the globally spreading airborne infection.

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

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

The US Department of HHS is awarding the pharmaceutical company Moderna $590 million to continue developing a vaccine to protect against bird flu.

Bird flu, or Avian influenza, is a virus that is spread from infected cows, birds and other animals to people.

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

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.