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The progression of the species-jumping disease has been unprecedented, including the first-ever U.S. cases of infections in ...

Sec. Mike Naig says the U.S. government is using what he describes as a three-legged stool approach to address the virus in ...

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The government wants Moderna to push forward with various bird flu vaccines as well as mRNA shots for other influenza strains ...

The antibody targets a stable part of the bird flu virus, ensuring that the immune protection can resist new variants and offer long-term protection against the globally spreading airborne infection.

The number of bird flu cases in Central Massachusetts is relatively low, compared to a swath of the state that runs from ...

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

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

Suresh Mittal, Distinguished Professor of Virology in the College of Veterinary Medicine, presented “Universal Influenza Vaccine — An Aspiration or Reality?” at the Westwood Lecture Series on Jan. 28.

The H5N1 detection in a human is the UK’s first since 2023 when surveillance detected infections in poultry workers.

Moderna has been testing an mRNA candidate for influenza viruses like the H5 and H7 strains that are seen as pandemic threats ...