A prophylactic antibody-based immune therapy protects monkeys against severe disease caused by H5N1 avian flu, University of Pittsburgh and NIH Vaccine Research Center researchers report today in ...

Sec. Mike Naig says the U.S. government is using what he describes as a three-legged stool approach to address the virus in ...

The number of bird flu cases in Central Massachusetts is relatively low, compared to a swath of the state that runs from ...

The antibody targets a stable part of the bird flu virus, ensuring that the immune protection can resist new variants and offer long-term protection against the globally spreading airborne infection.

All nine macaques given the control developed severe disease when exposed to bird flu, as did all given the smallest dose of ...

There is a bird flu vaccine, and a federal stockpile holds several million doses, per The New York Times. However, Kennedy, ...

A California duck farm has culled thousands of birds as the virus seems to be trading genetics with other viruses ...

People who work with livestock are at the greatest risk of bird flu. To stop the disease's spread, it's critical that they participate in testing programs and wear masks and gloves when advised. “For ...

The US Department of HHS is awarding the pharmaceutical company Moderna $590 million to continue developing a vaccine to protect against bird flu.

US officials are investigating the appearance of a strain of bird flu identified in the US for the first time, a worrying ...

But the vaccine might need updating to match an evolved ... When a different version of H5N1 emerged in East Asia nearly three decades ago, it mostly sickened birds. In the years that followed ...