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U.S. Will Make Millions of Bird Flu Vaccines This Summer
MONDAY, June 3, 2024 – As the H5N1 avian flu continues to spread among dairy cows in the United States, nearly 5 million doses of flu vaccine are now being prepared for possible use in humans. Since...
CDC Reports Third Dairy Worker Infected With Bird Flu, Risk to Public Remains 'Low'
THURSDAY, May 30, 2024 – Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows, there's been a third case of H5N1 avian flu confirmed in a dairy worker, U.S. health officials reported Thursday. The...
Vaccines Will Be Best Defense Against Bird Flu, Experts Say
WEDNESDAY, May 29, 2024 – Humanity’s best protection against bird flu will be the development of effective vaccines, a new study says. The H5N1 avian flu has been raging through cattle and poultry i...
Bird Flu Spotted in Alpacas for First Time
WEDNESDAY, May 29, 2024 – Bird flu has been detected for the first time in alpacas, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Tuesday. The animals that tested positive were on a farm in...
Scientists Developing mRNA-Based Vaccine Against H5N1 Bird Flu
TUESDAY, May 28, 2024 – An experimental mRNA vaccine against the H5N1 avian flu is highly effective in preventing severe illness and death in lab animals, researchers report. The vaccine could help...
Bird Flu Found in Beef Tissue; Officials Say It Did Not Enter Food Supply
TUESDAY, May 28 – Bird flu virus has been detected in beef tissue from a sick dairy cow, but U.S. health officials stressed the country's meat supply remains safe. In an update issued Friday, the...
Nations Fail to Agree on Treaty on Preventing Next Pandemic
TUESDAY, May 24, 2024 – Following two years of tough negotiations, efforts to craft a global treaty to help countries fight future pandemics have failed, the World Health Organization has...
In Experiments, Mice Got ill From Raw Milk Carrying Bird Flu Virus
FRIDAY, May 24, 2024 – Confirming the dangers of drinking raw cow's milk when the H5N1 avian flu virus is circulating in U.S. dairy herds, researchers found that mice fed the milk quickly got ill....
CDC Reports Second Dairy Worker Infected With Bird Flu
THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2024 – A second case of bird flu has been detected in another dairy worker, this time in Michigan, U.S. health officials reported Wednesday. The first case was reported in a dairy...
Preparedness for HPAI A(H5N1) Virus Varies Across Jurisdictions
TUESDAY, May 21, 2024 – Variation is seen in preparedness and response to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) viruses, according to a research letter published online May 21 in the...
FDA Approves First Adjuvanted Vaccine for Prevention of H5N1 Avian Influenza
November 22, 2013 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first adjuvanted vaccine for the prevention of H5N1 influenza, commonly known as avian or bird flu. The vaccine,...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Fraudulent Avian Flu Therapies
[Posted 12/29/2005] FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients that it issued warning letters to nine companies marketing bogus flu products behind claims that their products could be...