Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s idea to fight bird flu: let it spread
With outbreaks of bird flu on farms, Human Health and Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy has a suggestion to fight the flu: ...
The Bird Flu Virus Is Mutating Fast – And Scientists Say Our Vaccines May Not Be Enough
H5N1 influenza is evolving rapidly, weakening the effectiveness of existing antibodies and increasing its potential threat to ...
Mississippi Reports First Outbreak Of Deadly H7N9 Bird Flu In The U.S. Since 2017
As the United States battles new strains of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1, AKA bird flu, the State of ...
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Trump Administration Shifts Strategy on Avian Flu
Zoetis received conditional USDA approval for an avian flu vaccine. Major poultry and dairy organizations back vaccine use to control the virus. The Trump administration is rolling out a new ...
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Harvard scientists warn of bird flu pandemic
Medical and infectious disease specialists from Harvard University have expressed concern over the prospect of a bird flu ...
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H5N1 influenza viral lineages beginning to evade human immunological defenses, UNC Charlotte research finds
New computational modeling of avian influenza variants’ immunoprotein interactions – developed by a research team at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte – reveals the H5N1 influenza virus is ...
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Bird flu virus is rapidly evolving to evade immune defenses
The H5N1 avian influenza virus is mutating to evade immune defenses in mammals following prior infection or vaccination.
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How to protect the American egg supply from avian flu
The most effective strategy against bird flu on chicken farms is prevention, writes former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb — ...