HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins have expressed interest in letting H5N1 ...

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

Bird flu continues to spread quickly through the U.S. farm system because that system is inherently a viral playground.

New research uses bird droppings to track avian flu in remote regions, revealing hidden hotspots and potential for early ...

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Current strains of bird flu are “poorly suited for pandemic potential,” said Dr. Shira Doron, a Tufts Medicine infectious disease expert.

Avian influenza, or bird flu, is a broad term that refers to several types of influenza that normally infect birds. The bird flu that’s been making news in the United States is a virus called H5N1.

A bird flu pandemic with the potential to be “100 times worse than COVID” may be on the horizon after a rare human case was discovered in Texas, experts have warned. The H5N1 avian flu has ...

US dodged a bird flu pandemic in 1957 thanks to eggs and luck. ... The escalating threat of avian flu has forced farmers to kill millions of chickens to prevent its spread.

Federal officials also are exploring mRNA bird flu vaccines, which could be made very quickly, as the Covid pandemic illustrated, to protect both cows and people. Dr. Hensley’s team is testing ...

The escalating threat of avian flu has forced farmers to kill millions of chickens to prevent its spread. Nearly 70 years ago, Maurice Hilleman , an expert in influenza, also worried about finding ...

Avian influenza, or bird flu, is a broad term that refers to several types of influenza that normally infect birds. The bird flu that’s been making news in the United States is a virus called H5N1.