H5N1 was believed to spread primarily through direct contact with infected animals or their bodily fluids, but the new ...

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

New CDC research suggests the H5N1 avian influenza virus that infected a Michigan dairy farmworker can be transmitted through the air. The revelation, the study's authors wrote, suggests "an ...

If we don’t invest in technologies like mRNA vaccines for pandemic influenza now, once a virus starts going human-to-human, ...

South Africa is grappling with a resurgence of the H5N1 bird flu, following outbreaks on poultry farms in Tswaing and Mkhondo ...

A CDC representative told the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices that measles cases have hit a 'plateau' in the U.S ...

Amidst an ongoing outbreak of a deadly bird flu virus in livestock, the US Department of Agriculture is doing more to prevent ...

The Department of Health and Human Services under Robert F. During his Senate confirmation hearings, Health Secretary Robert ...

Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A. Just as swine flu strains tend to infect pigs, avian flu strains ...

It is the seventh case of the year and is part of an overall rise in H5N1 infections in Cambodia since late 2023. The patient ...

Cambodia’ s health ministry has reported the country ’ s fifth human H5N1 avian flu case of the year. The patient is a ...