Immigration raids and threats have undermined efforts to prevent and detect bird flu infections among farmworkers, ...

Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A. Just as swine flu strains tend to infect pigs, avian flu strains tend to infect birds. But the potential for influenza A viruses that ...

World Health Organization members are finalizing plans for nations to share life-saving technology with developing countries ...

The emerging technology offers an alternative to conventional UVC light, which is used to sanitize surfaces but can harm the ...

A dangerous bird flu, in other words, was suddenly circulating in mammals—mammals with which people have ongoing, extensive ...

This isn’t just an animal health crisis — it’s a risk to public health. When animals consume foods containing live virus, ...

Apr. 8, 2025 — Scientists have pioneered an influenza virus vector-based nasal spray vaccine platform and developed a nasal spray H5N1 avian influenza vaccine. During the early COVID-19 pandemic ...

Overall, 58% were prescribed antivirals during their UC or ED visit, with 67% of prescribing occurring on the encounter date. Among those prescribed antivirals, 3,050 (80%) had them dispensed, with 65 ...

The "next pandemic" is not "theoretical" but an "epidemiological certainty," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

It’s difficult to predict what this year’s flu season is going to be like. But it’s a good time to start thinking about ...

Two scientists — an expert in human health and a veterinarian — both said at an American Enterprise Institute event this week ...