Scientists have known for more than a year that bird flu, H5N1, made the jump from wild birds and common poultry to cows and ...

The H5N1 avian flu is circulating in cows and other mammals. Whether it will make a permanent leap to humans is another ...

H5N1 avian influenza has long been a concerning virus. Since its discovery in 1996 in waterfowl, bird flu has occasionally ...

In other developments, a Chinese research team that studied experimental infections involving different inoculation routes ...

The virus has not yet evolved to spread efficiently between people. Excellent vaccine technology exists, but the government ...

Fears of a bird-flu pandemic have been rising since the first confirmed outbreak of the H5N1 avian influenza virus in dairy cattle was reported in March 2024.

Pigs could play a key role in ending the flu as we know it. That’s the message behind new research testing a computer-designed vaccine that protects swine from flu—and may one day do the same ...

New research results from mouse and swine studies, describe a vaccine that protects against H1N1 swine flu and can also protect against human and bird influenza variants.  Post-experiment ...

Earlier this month, Novavax mentioned that it is conducting pre-clinical studies on a vaccine for H5N1 bird flu. NVAX claimed that this vaccine uses a new approach for immunizing against the virus.

From the outset of the Trump administration, bird flu, or H5N1 avian influenza, has flown rather conspicuously — and in fact ...

The shift reflects the current public health situation, marked by declines in human cases as well as animal detections.

While H5N1 does not have high mortality rates in dairy cows, the infection causes decreases milk production and milk quality, ...