With reports of the first human death from bird flu in the US, some Americans are feeling an uncomfortable flashback to the early days of Covid-19, when infectious disease experts were talking about a ...

America should have more aggressively intervened almost a year ago.

A new antibody therapy effectively protects monkeys from severe H5N1 avian flu, offering hope for a universal flu vaccine and ...

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 source of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, remains elusive. With "low confidence, "some federal agencies ...

Second human case of H5N1 bird flu has been deteced in the UK. It is the second symptomatic human case of H5N1 bird flu ...

A pandemic is not inevitable, scientists say. But the outbreak has passed worrisome milestones in recent weeks, including ...

Moderna recently received $590 million to help develop vaccines to fight the virus. Their protein-based vaccines have had ...

The global prevalence of COVID-flu coinfection is 14%, with Asia and Europe having the highest rates of influenza A/B ...

Indigenous peoples have been largely excluded from the federal government’s planning for the arrival of H5N1. When will this ...

The findings come at a time when outbreaks of bird flu -- a different subtype of the same influenza virus -- in dairy cattle have ... Dec. 17, 2024 — Despite national medical guidelines ...