This colorized electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in 2024 shows avian influenza A virus (bird flu) particles, red/yellow, grown in ...

Using this approach, the researchers measured neutralization titers—a measurement of how much serum is needed to neutralize the virus—against the 78 flu variants using 150 serum samples, from ...

Researchers have found a way to block one strain of the influenza virus from accessing a human protein it needs to replicate in cells. The discovery could lead to highly effective ways to treat ...

How a bird flu pandemic could emerge 06:21. The Trump administration has canceled $766 million awarded to drugmaker Moderna Inc. to develop a vaccine against potential pandemic influenza viruses ...

The Health and Human Services Department, led by vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has canceled $766 million in payments to develop a vaccine against pandemic flu viruses.

Using this approach, the researchers measured neutralisation titers – a measurement of how much serum is needed to neutralise the virus – against the 78 flu variants using 150 serum samples ...

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In the end, 6.5 million of Herbruck's birds either died from the avian flu virus or were culled in an effort to stop its spread. The U.S. Department of Agriculture calls it "stamping out" the virus.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is canceling hundreds of millions of dollars in funding pledged to Moderna to help the company develop, test and license mRNA-based vaccines to ...

The Health and Human Services Department, led by vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has canceled $766 million in payments to develop a vaccine against pandemic flu viruses.