A new PEARLS article in PLoS Pathogens reviews the rapid evolution and pandemic potential of emerging influenza A viruses, ...

Apr. 17, 2025 — A vaccine under development has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work focuses on the H5N1 variant known as ...

Health officials renew vigilance against bird flu as reported human cases decline. Experts question whether this is due to ...

Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible pandemic.

Health officials are urging vigilance as reports of bird flu cases in humans appear to have stopped. Experts are wondering why.

Facing high egg prices, the Trump administration is considering vaccinating poultry against bird flu, but H5N1 is already out ...

"This vaccine ... against four swine flu clades, including the 2009 swine flu pandemic variant, two representative human H1N1 strains from the 2009 pandemic and a representative bird flu strain.

A research team led by the School of Public Health in the LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), in ...

The first death caused by H5N1 bird flu was reported in January 2025. Some believe the virus could eventually pose a ...

As the dairy industry moves into the second year of combating H5N1, maintaining momentum and commitment to biosecurity ...

Most available vaccines for avian influenza in chickens are administered ... version of an H5N2 variant designed to work against circulating H5N1 variants. However, the effectiveness of vaccines ...

While the risk of contracting and dying from the H5N1 avian flu remains low for humans, researchers continue to hunt for vaccines and ... have been found to protect against a wider variety of ...