A prophylactic antibody-based immune therapy protects monkeys against severe disease caused by H5N1 avian flu, University of ...

"This type of prevention can be very useful in controlling infection outbreaks and containing the bird flu pandemic," said an immunologist.

While the H5N1 bird flu keep spreading, the first reported H5N9 outbreak in the United States has been identified on a duck ...

With the advent of cases of avian flu in southern New England, and the rise in egg prices due to limited supply as a result, ...

They found that a specific type of immune cell, called T follicular helper cells, indirectly controls the anti-influenza response. ... Aug. 19, 2024 — The avian influenza virus needs to mutate ...

Trained immunity, a modification of cells in the innate immune system, may represent a new way of protecting poultry from ...

We’ve already talked about the immune system, so let’s cover genetics and environmental factors now. Your individual genetics can predispose you to developing IBD. One 2019 research review ...

Since bird flu began spreading in the US ... strains of H5N1 could be triggering different responses from the immune system. The strain circulating in dairy cattle, known as clade 2.3.4.4b ...

Within the next two weeks, the owners of a remote B.C. ostrich farm are expected to round up 400 of their ostriches and kill them following an avian flu outbreak. “We can’t shoot them.

Flu viruses, like bird flu, are always mutating, the CDC says. Usually, these mutations are small, but over time the changes can be significant enough that the immune system can no longer recognize, ...