The H5N1 avian flu is circulating in cows and other mammals. Whether it will make a permanent leap to humans is another ...

H5N1 avian influenza has long been a concerning virus. Since its discovery in 1996 in waterfowl, bird flu has occasionally ...

Global health updates include countries implementing restrictions on Brazilian chicken imports due to bird flu, experimental ...

Seth Berkley, a longtime and widely respected global health leader, said it has been “shocking to watch the ineptitude” of the U.S. response to #H5N1 bird flu.

The health sector faces challenges including Brazilian chicken import restrictions due to bird flu, South Korean medical ...

In just 3 years, the Influenza Vaccines Research and Development (R&D) Roadmap Initiative has demonstrated important ...

March 18 (UPI) --A United Nations health agency has called the spread of H5N1 bird flu "unprecedented" and called on world leaders to coordinate a global response.On Monday, the U.N.'s Food and ...

Cambodia, which recorded 37 bird flu deaths in the decade up to 2014, has finetuned its pandemic preparedness since COVID. The government added hundreds of health workers to local response teams ...

Many governments have been buying up vaccine stocks and ramping up precautionary measures in response to the circulating virus. The bird flu variantoutbreak has mainly affected the US, where it ...

World Health Organization’s top scientist said this week the recent bird flu outbreak is of “great concern” to public health, and vaccine development to halt the virus is “not where we ...

Researchers are sounding the alarm about dangerous changes in the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza from seasonal to year-round infections. They say an urgent coordinated national response is ...

Already, the USDA has funneled more than $1.7 billion into tamping down the bird flu on poultry farms since 2022, which includes reimbursing farmers who’ve had to cull their flocks, and more ...