How a bird flu pandemic could emerge 06:21. The Trump administration has canceled $766 million awarded to drugmaker Moderna Inc. to develop a vaccine against potential pandemic influenza viruses ...

Large-scale immunity profiling grants insights into flu virus evolution Researchers have used high-throughput neutralization assays to reveal how gaps in individual immunity shape the success of ...

Moderna's mRNA-based flu vaccine funding is cancelled by the Department of Health and Human Services, arguing lack of scientific and ethical justification.

This brings the total number of recently reported bird flu cases in Brazil to five, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. The first case was recorded on May 16 at a farm in the southern state ...

In humans, the agency lists 70 cases of bird flu and one death to date. There have been no reported cases of person-to-person spread, and the CDC classifies the public health risk as low.

Timing your COVID-19 booster with your annual flu vaccination may be a convenient and effective way to protect yourself against both viruses.

The USDA is investing $1 billion to fight bird flu, including financial relief for affected farmers. But the bird flu is still certain to have a wider impact beyond the agricultural sector.

A new study has shown that person-to-person variation in antibody immunity plays a key role in shaping which influenza (flu) strains dominate in a population. Topics. Conditions.

In late 2023, bird flu arrived on the rocky shores of the Valdés Peninsula in Argentina, ripping through the local colony of southern elephant seals. More than 17,000 seal pups died.

An 82-year-old on haemodialysis tests HIV-positive 7 months in, only for PCR to be negative, implicating flu shot antibody cross-reactivity. News & Perspective Tools & Reference CME/CE.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has axed a $590 million contract with Moderna, raising doubts about how the biotech will fund late-phase development of a pandemic bird flu vaccine.

Hickman said at a May 30 news conference he did not expect the outbreak at Hickman’s to impact overall egg prices significantly. Here's what to know about the flu outbreak and its impact.