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

Moderna plans to advance research on the mRNA vaccine into a phase 3 trial after receiving positive ... is a broad term that refers to several types of influenza that normally infect birds. The H5N1 virus has raised concern among health officials because ...

A pandemic is not inevitable, scientists say. But the outbreak has passed worrisome milestones in recent weeks, including cattle that may have been reinfected.

Moderna has been awarded approximately $590 million from the federal government to help speed up the development of an mRNA-based bird flu vaccine, health officials said.

The number of bird flu cases in Central Massachusetts is relatively low, compared to a swath of the state that runs from Greater Boston to Southeastern Massachusetts. That message was delivered Wednesday during a virtual update from state health officials on the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus.

A California duck farm has culled thousands of birds as the virus seems to be trading genetics with other viruses

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.

US officials are investigating the appearance of a strain of bird flu identified in the US for the first time, a worrying sign that the virus is evolving in ways that could make it harder to

The H5N1 detection in a human is the UK’s first since 2023 when surveillance detected infections in poultry workers. Regarding the new case, the HSA said the patient is from the West Midlands region and that the patient is well and has been admitted to a high consequence infectious disease unit.

There is a bird flu vaccine, and a federal stockpile holds several million doses, per The New York Times. However, Kennedy, who has been an outspoken vaccine critic, previously said on X that the bird flu vaccines “appear to be dangerous.” Basically, if a bird flu vaccine is needed, there are concerns that people will actually have access to it.

Experts share tips on where to find reliable bird flu updates amid the communication freeze for federal health agencies.

A new strain of bird flu, H5N9, has been detected for the first time in the United States, raising concerns about h