COVID and the 1918 flu pandemic gave us playbooks on how to prepare for the next pandemic. But we aren’t using it.

Raw cheese made with milk from dairy cattle infected with bird flu can harbor infectious virus for months and may be a risk ...

The number of influenza cases is surging across the United States, putting significant strain on many hospitals. We asked the ...

Scientists say a concerning genetic mutation has appeared in H5N1 bird flu infected cats living in a New Jersey suburb of New ...

The scientists have developed a ‘mosaic’ vaccine, based on a virus-like particle (VLP ... protection against an even wider range of flu virus strains. The new trial will enrol 24 healthy ...

Cornell researchers have developed a new vaccine platform that could provide more robust, longer-lasting protection from both ...

The ongoing bird flu outbreak has led to wild bird deaths, slaughtered livestock, and hazardous conditions for dairy industry ...

Older adults who were exposed to seasonal flu viruses that circulated prior to 1968 are more likely to have some protection against H5N1, and children would benefit more from H5N1 vaccines.

Health authorities routinely test those pandemic vaccines against the bird flu virus to see if new strains have evolved to escape the protection from those shots. "The strategic national stockpile ...

Recent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (also known as bird flu) have created a need for rapid and sensitive ...

As transmissible as this virus was, it still didn’t have an easy way to infect humans. Smallpox, the 1918 flu virus, and SARS-CoV-2 could all bind to cells in our mouths, noses, and throats ...