The world's top experts on avian influenza are in St. John's this week working toward a global response to the growing amount ...

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

"And if and when there is a pandemic we'll have a lot more resilience through this unit." He said there had previously been ...

An outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza that began among wild birds and poultry in the United States in 2022 has spread to include more than 1,000 dairy cattle herds in 17 states, dozens of human ...

The more avian influenza spreads and jumps among species, the more likely it is to mutate in a way that could allow it to spread from person-to-person. Scientists say H5N1 could have pandemic ...

Long Island’s last commercial duck farm is rebuilding after a bird flu outbreak forced the destruction of its entire ...

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

Life science companies developing bird flu vaccines and antivirals are gaining attention as the avian influenza subtype H5N1 becomes an increasing concern. The United States is in the midst of an ...

Over the past 15 months, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed 70 human cases of bird flu across 13 states. The last known cases were reported nearly four months ago ...

And she said it signals that HHS is banking on avoiding a bird flu pandemic for humans, though she said the U.S. does have some amount of bird flu vaccine. “We can make a new pandemic flu ...

An agency assessment said there is a “moderate risk” that currently circulating strains of bird flu could cause a future pandemic. Still, the CDC stressed that other emerging forms of bird flu ...

The Department of Health and Human Services is ending a $766 million contract with the vaccine company Moderna to develop an mRNA vaccine for flu strains with pandemic potential, including bird flu.