A vaccine under development has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work focuses on the H5N1 variant known as 2.3.4.4b, which has ...

Proven effective for COVID-19, vaccine platform could be key in responding to evolving bird flu strains A developmental ...

A variant of the bird flu virus, collected in 2016 and no longer in circulation, was just one mutation away from being able ...

Avian flu strains tend to only affect birds, but the current outbreak has spread to cattle and – in rare cases – people. The ...

A nanoparticle-based vaccine candidate for H5N1 avian influenza achieved 100% protection in preclinical trials, offering hope ...

Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...

More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This comes as the deadly pathogen rips through dairy herds and poultry flocks.

A team led by researchers say public ignorance and apathy towards bird flu (highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI) could pose a serious obstacle to containing the virus and preventing a ...

The recent success of an experimental bird flu vaccine in trials marks a significant step forward in the fight against avian influenza. Researchers from the University of Buffalo have demonstrated ...