Paul Kelly, whose turkey business has previously been hit by bird flu, is among those calling for a vaccination scheme for ...

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While drugmakers are hard at work on the shots, they’re not yet ready to blunt the impact of a potential pandemic.

European agencies call for better preparedness and greater information sharing on avian flu as they identify new mutations ...

Public health officials are closely monitoring the latest bird flu outbreak that has sickened or killed millions of birds, ...

Are eggs safe to eat amid the current avian flu outbreak? Have people in the U.S. contracted bird flu? We VERIFY the answers ...

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 ...

Local hospitals are now being urged by the CDC to be on the lookout for avian influenza among patients. When children are ...

The US Department of HHS is awarding the pharmaceutical company Moderna $590 million to continue developing a vaccine to protect against bird flu.

This latest outbreak is part of a broader epizootic that has swept across the United States, affecting not only poultry but ...

Bird flu, or Avian influenza, is a virus that is spread from infected cows, birds and other animals to people.

As bird flu continues to threaten animals and public health, the U.S. government has stepped up its response. Experts says it ...