federal health officials announced a significant initiative to bolster the United States' preparedness against potential bird flu outbreaks by allocating USD72 million to vaccine manufacturers.
The US government has signed a $176 million deal with Moderna to develop an mRNA-based pandemic influenza vaccine, as reports emerge of a fifth human case of H5N1 flu linked to ongoing outbreaks ...
The US has ramped up influenza surveillance amid an ongoing outbreak of the bird flu virus H5N1 in dairy cattle. Public health officials hope more robust monitoring will help catch and contain any ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating whether the US stockpile of bird flu vaccines is still well matched to the virus after discovering recent mutations. The CDC said on ...
said the price of a traditional Thanksgiving turkey had risen 21% over the last year and now stands at nearly US$29 for a 7,5 kilograms bird. Record outbreaks of avian flu have also swept across ...
With a new Congress to come in just over two months, members are jockeying for key positions on committees with significant power to impact health policy.
The makeup of the 2024 to 2025 flu vaccines has been ... early November means that the vaccine should be fully "kicked in" by Thanksgiving time, which in the US marks many people's first indoor ...
The CDC also recommends that you get a seasonal flu vaccine. This won’t protect you from bird flu, but will reduce your risk of getting seasonal flu and bird flu simultaneously.
NEW YORK (AP) — A pig at an Oregon farm was found to have bird flu, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday. It’s the first time the virus has been detected in U.S. swine and ...
Prof Choo said the facility has started working on the pre-clinical RNA samples for the development of mRNA vaccines against influenza outbreaks, including the H5N1 bird flu strain ... of the Wellcome ...
U.S. and California health officials confirmed two new cases of H5N1 bird flu in dairy farm workers in the state on Friday, bringing the total of infected dairy workers in that state to six, and ...