A vaccine under development has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work focuses on the H5N1 variant known as 2.3.4.4b, which has ...

A nanoparticle-based vaccine candidate for H5N1 avian influenza achieved 100% protection in preclinical trials, offering hope ...

The avian flu virus continues to affect poultry producers and dairy farms in 2025. In North Carolina alone, the virus has ...

Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...

H5N1 bird flu has now crossed into U.S. dairy cattle for the first time, and alarmingly, it did so through just one spillover ...

Preventing a pandemic means early detection of bird flu strains — surveillance of viral spread and influenza infections in ...

Although the rate of increase appears to be falling, new outbreaks of avian influenza in commercial poultry have been ...

A UB study found that the vaccine platform, proven effective for COVID-19, could be key in responding to evolving bird flu ...

At any rate, there are no cases of anyone contracting bird flu from cooked eggs. So dyeing hard-boiled eggs for Easter is ...

Public health officials in at least one state are now offering money as an incentive to encourage people to get screened or ...

More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This comes as the deadly pathogen rips through dairy herds and poultry flocks.

Knowing where, when and for how long mallard ducks – natural carriers of avian influenza – stop and rest as they migrate can ...