A recent study published in Scientific Reports evaluated the immune response to an H5 avian influenza vaccine in calves and lactating cows. The research investigated the efficacy of an inactivated H5 ...

Bird flu, Covid-19, and influenza are all respiratory infections spreading through respiratory droplets. While influenza ...

This is the second known instance of avian flu being introduced into cattle herds by birds.

In 2014, highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu viruses from Europe arrived in North America, resulting in the destruction of more than 50 million commercially farmed birds. This aggressive culling worked.

There are nine known subtypes of A(H5) viruses - A(H5N1), A(H5N2), A(H5N3), A(H5N4), A(H5N5), A(H5N6), A(H5N7), A(H5N8), and A(H5N9). Over the years, H5N1 strain of avian influenza has done most ...

Public health researchers and doctors said there was no evidence that the vaccine, Gardasil, was linked to the health problems he cited, noting 160 favorable studies on safety. A federal court ...

In the past 30 years, recommended childhood vaccines have prevented an estimated 1.1 million deaths and 32 million hospitalizations in the United States. The recommended schedule for these ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has vowed not to take vaccines away from Americans, assuring senators that he just wants to cast more sunlight onto the science behind the public health interventions he’s ...

While many strains of bird flu do not typically infect people, certain ones, like H5N1, H7N9, H5N6, and H5N8, have raised concern in recent years. These strains generally do not spread easily from ...

By Teddy Rosenbluth Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has often trained his criticisms of vaccines on a common ingredient: aluminum, which he has suggested is responsible for a litany of childhood ailments ...

The hepatitis B vaccine is a shot, typically injected into the arm, that protects against hepatitis B in babies, children, and adults. It is an important way to protect yourself and your children from ...

As a rare subtype of avian influenza virus, H16 viruses are predominant in gulls but rarely found in domestic birds. The low prevalence of H16 viruses has limited our understanding of their ...