Scientists have pioneered an influenza virus vector-based nasal spray vaccine platform and developed a nasal spray H5N1 avian influenza vaccine. During the early COVID-19 pandemic, this platform ...

A vaccinated animal could carry the virus without symptoms, and many nations don’t want birds that might be invisibly carrying H5N1. To get around that problem, Zoetis’ vaccine has a twist.

As the virus keeps changing, experts worry it could spread more easily to humans. “An H5N1 vaccine made (for an earlier strain) will have less efficacy,” said lead author Colby Ford in a news ...

which includes funds dedicated to developing vaccines for poultry and for improving biosecurity on farms. Good biosecurity ...

The findings suggest that younger adults and children would benefit more from H5N1 vaccines, even those not tailored specifically to the current strain circulating in birds and cattle. This work ...

Otto and co-author Sean Edgerton, a PhD student focused on genomics and infectious diseases at the University of British ...

With a virus like rabies, wildlife managers will sometimes disperse an oral vaccine through food to control local outbreaks among animals. With H5N1, Andrew Pekosz, a virologist at Johns Hopkins ...

A 3-year-old girl in western Mexico has died after contracting bird flu in the country's first confirmed human case of bird flu, Mexican health authorities said Tuesday. Mexico's Health Ministry said ...

and children would benefit more from H5N1 vaccines. Prior exposures to specific types of seasonal influenza viruses promote cross-reactive immunity against the H5N1 avian influenza virus ...

Mexico on Tuesday logged its first human death from H5N1 avian influenza, a three-year-old girl in the northern state of ...

In late 2024, the Department of Agriculture announced ongoing trials of two vaccine candidates for cows. With nearly 1,000 herds already infected with H5N1, the risk to our nation’s milk ...

Mexico has detected its first human case of H5N1 avian influenza, also known as bird flu, the health ministry said on Friday.