No person-to-person spread has been detected, but that doesn’t mean an H5N1 avian influenza pandemic isn’t possible or even ...

Moderna has been awarded approximately $590 million from the federal government to help speed up the development of an ...

67 cases of H5N1 bird flu have been recorded in humans since the beginning of 2024, according to the CDC, 38 of which were in ...

In 2023, Moderna initiated a study on a “pandemic influenza vaccine” to protect against H5 and H7 avian ... refers to several ...

The CDC has developed H5 candidate vaccine viruses (CVVs) that closely match the hemagglutinin (HA) protein of the H5N1 avian ...

The Department of Health and Human Services has granted millions of dollars to Moderna to speed up bird flu vaccine development.

A prophylactic antibody-based immune therapy protects monkeys against severe disease caused by H5N1 avian flu, University of Pittsburgh and NIH Vaccine Research Center researchers report today in ...

As fears grow of a possible bird flu pandemic in humans, the federal government is pouring more money into the development of ...

Mutations in one of the first human-isolated strains of H5N1 bird flu in the US were identified by the Texas Biomedical ...

Is it seasonal flu or bird flu? CDC prompts hospitals to fast-track subtype testing of sick patients to tell the difference.

A check for bird flu should be done within 24 hours of admission, the agency advises. Moreover, patients suspected of having seasonal or bird flu should be treated right away with antivirals.