With the H5N1 bird flu virus spreading quickly across animals in the US, experts are on high alert for signs of ...
The availability of safe, effective COVID vaccines less than a year into the pandemic marked a high point in the 300-year ...
USDA announced new federal guidelines requiring nationwide testing of raw milk samples to monitor for potential health threats, including avian influenza (H5N1). This directive aims to protect public ...
Nevada is the 16th state to report avian flu in dairy cattle. Iowa's poultry outbreak is its first since June.
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said the move will "put us on a path to quickly controlling and stopping the virus’ ...
The H5N1 bird flu — widespread in wild birds worldwide and the cause of outbreaks in poultry, U.S. dairy cows and even several recent human cases among agricultural workers – is a prime example of ...
A new study by biologists from the Scripps Research Institute shows that a bird flu virus is just a single mutation away from ...
In total, 86% of those reluctant to receive a vaccine and 34% of those who were unwilling said they either were vaccinated or ...
Although it does not generally infect humans, a single mutation of the H5N1 virus in the highly pathogenic avian and bovine clade 2.3.4.4b could overcome this barrier and possibly trigger a pandemic.
Health officials in Marin County are investigating a possible H5N1 bird flu case in a child. Officials have been ...
Scientists are sounding the alarm: according to a recent study, the H5N1 virus, better known as bird flu, only needs a single ...
A single modification in the protein found on the surface of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 influenza virus currently circulating in U.S. dairy cows could allow for easier ...