While drugmakers are hard at work on the shots, they’re not yet ready to blunt the impact of a potential pandemic.

Consumers are clear in this new survey that they do not want to consume cow’s milk affected by bird flu virus, even if the ...

No person-to-person spread has been detected, but that doesn’t mean an H5N1 avian influenza pandemic isn’t possible or even ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging hospitals to accelerate advanced testing of people they suspect ...

Moderna has been testing an mRNA candidate for influenza viruses like the H5 and H7 strains that are seen as pandemic threats ...

Call for stronger action comes on warning of growing risk the virus will evolve to spread more easily between humans ...

There are currently three approved vaccines against the H5N1 avian influenza virus. However, they present challenges for large-scale virus cultivation in case of an outbreak and rapid update of ...

Recent history makes clear that microbiological disasters can strike anytime. But a longer history should remind us of the ...

Avian flu is rampant in poultry farms and in wild birds in the U.S. Every mutation brings the virus one step closer to the ...

Staying a step ahead of the avian influenza virus with surveillance, testing and research could mean the difference between a ...

Moderna Inc. was awarded an additional $590 million from the US government to help the company develop a vaccine aimed at ...