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

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

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

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

In other developments, a Chinese research team that studied experimental infections involving different inoculation routes and resulting transmission in dairy cattle found that mouth-to-teat ...

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

Scientists always knew a deadly virus was going to jump from animals to humans: COVID was not the first time it has happened, ...

The vaccine will offer protection against H5N1 and is projected to be effective against future viral mutations.

As bird flu sweeps across US poultry and cattle farms, researchers are racing to find ways to contain the outbreaks before they ignite a human pandemic. Now, a team of scientists has developed a ...

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

Flu and the future. Weaver's lab had already shown the vaccine could work against H3 flu strains. But H1 is a much bigger challenge because it changes more often and has caused more global outbreaks.

Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen made the announcement during a media briefing on Tuesday, lauding the permit approval as a “milestone in animal health and food security.” ...