The virus has not yet evolved to spread efficiently between people. Excellent vaccine technology exists, but the government ...

South Africa is grappling with a resurgence of the H5N1 bird flu, following outbreaks on poultry farms in Tswaing and Mkhondo ...

Influenza hemagglutinin subunit vaccines are more effective and offer better cross protection against various influenza virus ...

The University of Minnesota is stepping up efforts to identify biological threats that could trigger an epidemic, launching an institute to track disease-spreading infectious pathogens at the genetic ...

A long-lasting formulation of an antiviral drug greatly reduced people’s risk of a symptomatic flu infection in a trial, and ...

If we don’t invest in technologies like mRNA vaccines for pandemic influenza now, once a virus starts going human-to-human, ...

During his Senate confirmation hearings, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested he wouldn’t undermine vaccines. “I ...

Five House members from California’s San Joaquin Valley led by Rep. Jim Costa, a Democrat, sent Agriculture Secretary Brooke ...

Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A. Just as swine flu strains tend to infect pigs, avian flu strains ...

The H5N1 avian influenza virus has infected birds and mammals around the world. As of June 2025, 70 people have been infected ...