The convergence of multiple flu strains in one animal can allow new virus strains to form—just as they did in past pandemics.
The U.S. government, in collaboration with others around the world, has a history of flu pandemic ... for bird flu,” Kennedy said in his X post. “This allows the FDA Commissioner to issue ...
Avian flu in dairy cows could stick around on US farms forever, and is raising the risk of outbreaks in mammals—including ...
Mysterious US bird flu case in person without any known contact with an infected animal raises spectre of human-to-human ...
This is where we are with bird flu at the moment: the awkward space between watchful waiting and all-out panic mode. The ...
The deadly bird flu virus, H5N1, has been detected in the wastewater of 10 Texas cities, signaling a silent spread that could ...
April 18Jeremy Farrar, chief scientist ... Milk Infected With Bird Flu? Raw, unpasteurized milk is unsafe to drink, but pasteurized milk is fine, according to the FDA. Bird flu has been detected ...
Missouri healthcare worker who had contact with a hospitalized patient infected with bird flu developed mild respiratory ...
MedPage Today editor-in-chief Jeremy Faust, MD, Katelyn Jetelina, PhD, MPH, and Katrine Wallace, PhD, talk about the science and anxiety surrounding a potential H5N1, or avian flu, pandemic.
Sometimes an entirely new flu virus enters the population for which we have little existing immunity. This is called a “shift” and has been responsible for all previous flu pandemics. In 1996, a new ...
A close contact of someone with bird flu became ill on the same day, the C.D.C. reported. But the second person was not ...
The 2009 influenza pandemic A(H1N1)pdm09 of swine origin and the continued circulation of highly pathogenic avian H5N1 strain in humans are stark reminders of the unpredictable nature of the ...