Dr. Ashish K. Jha is dean of Brown University School of Public Health and a contributing Globe Opinion writer.

The HHS secretary has suggested letting bird flu ‘run through the flock,’ an idea one public health expert says could amplify ...

Health secretary RFK, Jr. has repeatedly suggested that farmers should let bird flu spread through flocks. Experts explain ...

In two recent interviews on Fox News, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downplayed concerns about H5N1 avian influenza in ...

Bird flu has devastated poultry and dairy farms since it was first detected in North America in late 2021. But what has been ...

The most effective strategy against bird flu on chicken farms is prevention, writes former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb — ...

The H5N1 avian influenza virus is mutating to evade immune defenses in mammals following prior infection or vaccination.

New research suggests that past exposure to seasonal flu viruses may help protect people from severe illness caused by the ...

As outbreaks for several diseases are being monitored across the U.S., state DPH Commissioner Robbie Goldstein has an update ...

Older adults who were exposed to seasonal flu viruses that circulated prior to 1968 are more likely to have some protection against H5N1, and children would benefit more from H5N1 vaccines.