The next meeting of the New Bedford Science Café will feature guest speaker Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center and professor of epidemiology at the Brown University School of ...
A few cats have died from bird flu after eating raw food. And some raw pet food products have been recalled. Here's what to know about the risks to your fur babies, and how to keep them safe.
Faced with the highly infectious H5N1 strain, Long Island’s last duck farm must kill its entire flock and may go out of business, its owner says.
A team of virologists, infectious disease specialists and pathobiologists affiliated with several institutions in China and the U.K. has found possible evidence that bird flu vaccinations are driving ...
Health authorities need to be concerned about bird flu, but the risk to the public is low. You’re reading The Checkup With Dr. Wen, a newsletter on how to navigate medical and public health challenges ...
No person-to-person spread has been detected, but that doesn’t mean an H5N1 avian influenza pandemic isn’t possible or even ...
"The Chinese poultry lineage may have experienced more vaccine-driven selection compared to other lineages," the researchers ...
H5N1 vaccines have been previously licensed, and millions are in the national stockpile. But even with the news of the ...
Mike Pentella, professor of epidemiology in the University of Iowa College of Public Health and director of the State ...
When a pathogen — any organism that causes a disease — jumps species, scientists get nervous because its genetic makeup can ...
Researchers at Texas Biomed have identified nine mutations in a strain of bird flu found in a person in Texas. Bad news: This ...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will award roughly $590 million to Moderna to accelerate the development of ...