There's a warning that South Africa could be at risk of a bird flu crisis in a few months if farms are not given the ...

Another hemorrhagic threat is Lassa Fever, a virus in West Africa infecting between 100,000 and 300,000 people annually, ...

Other countries have seen mass crane die-offs caused by bird flu, from Israel to Japan to Hungary, where an at least 10,000 and possibly 20,000 Eurasian cranes died in the winter of 2023.

Have we learned anything? This post examines past pandemics and the crucial lessons we must apply to future outbreaks.

Emerging tools enable more accurate antigen production and presentation using mRNA instead of protein. In recent years, mRNA technology has come into its own, most prominently in the field of vaccine ...

Those who want to vaccinate will come forward and raise their hands that they want to be vaccinated and [we] will start the ...

In other H5N1 developments, the USDA confirmed detections at live-bird markets in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

The disease is spread by wild birds which transmit the virus through ... Record outbreaks of avian flu have also swept across the UK and Europe, as well as parts of Africa and Asia.

The 2 patients exposed to poultry had severe infections, with H5N1 confirmed only from lower respiratory tract samples.

Should one of their hens test positive for the H5N1 virus that causes avian flu, their whole flock would ... has 17 facilities in seven states across the South and Midwest. Another large producer ...