The Trump administration's cancellation of $766 million in contracts to develop mRNA vaccines against potential pandemic flu ...

Amidst an ongoing outbreak of a deadly bird flu virus in livestock, the US Department of Agriculture is doing more to prevent ...

The Food and Drug Administration expanded the approval of Moderna’s RSV vaccine on Thursday, extending the license to include ...

Though rare, human cases of H5N1 have been reported following contact with infected animals. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) advises workers to use personal protective equipment (PPE ...

Most cases of human bird flu infections are due to contact with infected poultry or surfaces that are contaminated with ...

The Trump administration is eroding national pandemic flu defenses as it guts health agencies, cuts research and health budgets, and withdraws funding for bird flu vaccines, health security experts ...

The strain of bird flu that infected a Michigan dairy worker in May 2024 is capable of airborne transmission, according to ...

Life science companies developing bird flu vaccines and antivirals are gaining attention as the avian influenza subtype H5N1 ...

The CDC's website adds that the H5N1 situation is being carefully monitored, and work is being conducted with states to monitor people with animal exposures. However, despite the CDC's reports of ...

Experts are divided on the pandemic potential of H5N1, with opinions ranging from moderate to serious concern. While the CDC maintains the risk to the general public is low, human infections have ...

When there was a cluster of H5N1 cases in the workers performing the cull, Colorado requested the CDC include a NIOSH industrial hygienist with the team sent to investigate. They found that ...