Moderna this week announced positive data from a phase 3 trial of its messenger RNA vaccine against seasonal influenza, which ...

South Africa has reported the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza, or bird flu, on two poultry farms in the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Wednesday.

Influenza hemagglutinin subunit vaccines are more effective and offer better cross protection against various influenza virus ...

Compared to the standard shot, the mRNA vaccine had an overall vaccine efficacy that was 26.6 percent higher, and 27.4 ...

The trial readout comes at a time of turbulence in the vaccine sector after RFK Jr replaced every member of the ACIP panel.

Moderna Inc. said Monday its experimental flu shot showed positive results in a late-stage trial.   In a Phase 3 study, the ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s newly appointed Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) upheld ...

The Trump administration’s new vaccine advisers on Thursday endorsed this fall’s flu vaccinations for just about every ...

The H5N1 avian influenza virus has infected birds and mammals around the world. As of June 2025, 70 people have been infected ...

1918-19 "Spanish flu" A -- Caused the highest known influenza-related mortality: almost 700,000 deaths occurred in the U.S., and between 50 million to 100 million worldwide ...

Here’s how it works. "The flu," or seasonal influenza, is caused by influenza viruses, like those pictured above. (Image credit: CAVALLINI JAMES/BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) ...

Although the virus has been spreading throughout the country for years, this particular outbreak has affected hens that lay eggs, Strubberg said. The virus typically spreads between birds through ...