H5N1 bird flu has now crossed into U.S. dairy cattle for the first time, and alarmingly, it did so through just one spillover ...

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 2.3.4.4b, which has ...

Proven effective for COVID-19, vaccine platform could be key in responding to evolving bird flu strains A developmental ...

A variant of the bird flu virus, collected in 2016 and no longer in circulation, was just one mutation away from being able ...

Avian flu strains tend to only affect birds, but the current outbreak has spread to cattle and – in rare cases – people. The ...

Raising poultry can be rewarding, but it's important to know how to care for your birds and keep them safe from disease ...

CBS is confirmed to air another new episode of 60 Minutes tonight, April 20, 2025, and it will feature segments about a ...

A team led by researchers say public ignorance and apathy towards bird flu (highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI) could pose a serious obstacle to containing the virus and preventing a ...

The recent success of an experimental bird flu vaccine in trials marks a significant step forward in the fight against avian influenza. Researchers from the University of Buffalo have demonstrated ...

Now we have lots of eggs and they are much cheaper now.” But experts say the president’s plan to fight bird flu by focusing on strengthening egg farmers’ defenses against the virus is likely to be ...

In early 2024, the bird influenza that had been spreading ... To become adept at infecting humans, the virus would have to change the structure of its hemagglutinin. Its current version sticks ...