New versions of the H5N1 virus are increasingly adept at spreading. Suggestions to either let it rip in poultry or vaccinate the birds could backfire.

From the outset of the Trump administration, bird flu, or H5N1 avian influenza, has flown rather conspicuously — and in fact ...

In a Policy Forum, Erin Sorrell and colleagues – a coalition of virologists, veterinarians, and health security experts – ...

Just five years on from the Covid-19 pandemic, another animal-borne disease is mutating and spreading across borders and species.

A deep-prevention approach – human, animal and environmental – is needed to respond to challenges that require concerted ...

At first, the monovalent influenza A (H5N8) vaccine will be tested in two doses, 21 days apart, in adults aged 18–59.

Cambodia's Ministry of Health recently confirmed the country's twelfth human case of H5N1 avian influenza so far this year. The patient, a ...

Future pandemics will likely emerge from animals. Strengthening animal health systems, improving surveillance, and embedding ...

Despite pleas from pigeon fanciers, the EU isn’t loosening its grip on avian flu rules just yet, keeping racing pigeons ...

Canadians saw first-hand during COVID-19 why it is critically important that we are prepared for whatever comes next.