To maintain vaccine efficacy, WHO regularly updates influenza vaccine strains based on global epidemiological, virological, ...

The H5N1 influenza virus poses a significant threat to public health due to its potential to shift from an epidemic to a pandemic. Since its emergence in the 1990s, H5N1 has demonstrated a concerning ...

In a briefing to member states today, the head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today urged ...

Previous exposures to older flu strains prime the immune system to produce antibodies against bird flu (H5N1).

H5 Influenza Vaccines: What Needs to Be Done to Reduce the Risk of a Pandemic Sep. 4, 2024 — As the global threat of H5N1 influenza looms with outbreaks across species and continents including ...

Barriers to influenza vaccination among pediatric rheumatology patients on immunosuppression include concerns about disease flares and vaccine efficacy.

The FDA is recommending that flu vaccines for the 2025-26 season be trivalent, protecting against two strains of influenza A and one of influenza B. “The FDA anticipates that there will be an ...

The spread of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza, bringing losses of hundreds of millions of poultry worldwide with increased spillover into mammals, highlights the urgent need for strengthened ...

The rapid spread of the highly infectious avian flu virus H5N1 has reached an “unprecedented” scale, wiping out hundreds of ...

The rapid spread of the highly infectious H5N1 avian flu virus has reached an unprecedented scale, wiping out hundreds of ...

During the 2010-2011 to 2024-2025 influenza seasons, 9% of pediatric influenza-associated deaths had influenza-associated encephalopathy or encephalitis (IAE).