Proven effective for COVID-19, vaccine platform could be key in responding to evolving bird flu strains A developmental ...

Avian flu strains tend to only affect birds, but the current outbreak has spread to cattle and – in rare cases – people. The ...

“This is how pandemics start.” This bird flu, which scientists call highly pathogenic avian influenza, or H5N1, is already at panzootic—animal pandemic—status, killing birds in every ...

"The flu," or seasonal influenza, is caused by influenza viruses, like those pictured above. | Credit: CAVALLINI JAMES/BSIP/Universal Images Group ... Bird flu, or avian influenza, is caused ...

The disease is difficult to control because it is spread easily through the droppings of wild birds that carry the avian flu virus. Bird flu has also inflected other animals, including dairy cattle.

JANESVILLE, Wis. –– MacFarlane Pheasants Inc. has been recovering from a tornado back in June and has been taking preventative actions against the spread of avian flu. When a tornado tore ...

Bird flu, or avian influenza, is caused by influenza A viruses. Flu viruses that infect humans and birds are both categorized by their H and N proteins, but avian influenza viruses infect birds as ...

Experts warn that these facilities, including those on Long Island and in New York City, provide the perfect conditions for the rapid spread of avian influenza, creating a potential public health ...

Researchers have created an H5N1 avian influenza, or bird flu, vaccine that can be administered as a nasal spray. The influenza virus vector-based nasal spray vaccine platform was first developed ...

"Since avian flu has impacted a wide array of animals, we believe any biosecurity and vaccine measures, including discussions with foreign trading partners, offered by the Department should be ...

Few crises illustrate this more starkly than highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), a relentless virus that is spreading across borders, devastating poultry farms, and raising urgent questions ...