A prophylactic antibody-based immune therapy protects monkeys against severe disease caused by H5N1 avian flu, University of Pittsburgh and NIH Vaccine Research Center researchers report today in ...

This latest outbreak is part of a broader epizootic that has swept across the United States, affecting not only poultry but ...

Bird flu is now believed to be widespread in Massachusetts and is likely present even in places where there has not been a ...

Although cases of bird flu are surging among birds in the UK, the risk of the virus spreading to humans still remains extremely low. A bit of context about influenza explains why health protection ...

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.

Scientists are concerned that bird flu may eventually mutate so that it can readily spread among people – something it cannot ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N9 has been identified in U.S. poultry for the first time, after outbreak at a commercial ...

The newly reported H5N9 strain was found Monday at a duck farm in Merced County, California, according to the World ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 67 people in the U.S. have been infected with H5N1 bird flu. One ...

A new strain of bird flu has been confirmed at a duck farm in California, the first time the variant has been discovered in ...

First U.S. detection of virulent H5N9 strain, at a California duck farm, draws scrutiny as evidence of genetic reassortment ...