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 ...

Merck shares trade at a significant discount to peers. The company faces challenges, but there are reasons to be bullish.

Amphibians and reptiles remain especially understudied among vertebrates, yet they possess the same innate and acquired ...

A child ill with fever and conjunctivitis in San Francisco tested positive for bird flu but had no known source of transmission.

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, ...

If you are immunocompromised, your immune system is weakened, making you more susceptible to severe illness and infection. Some people are born with a weakened immune system, while others can become ...