Animal Welfare Institute4d
Illinois Bill Would Require Disease Monitoring on Mink Farms to Safeguard Human Health
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends today’s filing of the Mink Facility Disease Prevention Act in Illinois, which ...
Antibody therapy provides protection against severe H5N1 avian flu in monkeys
A prophylactic antibody-based immune therapy protects monkeys against severe disease caused by H5N1 avian flu, University of Pittsburgh and NIH Vaccine Research Center researchers report today in ...
Ars Technica3d
H5N1 bird flu spills over again; Nevada cows hit with different, deadly strain
Cows in Nevada have been infected with a strain of H5N1 bird flu different from the strain detected in all other herds to this point in the ongoing dairy outbreak. It's the same strain that killed ...
The New York Times4d
Cows Have Been Infected With a Second Form of Bird Flu
The finding indicates that the virus, known as H5N1, has spilled from birds into cows at least twice — leading to these two sets of infections — and that it could continue to do so.
Science Daily10d
Antibody treatment prevents severe bird flu in monkeys
The antibody targets a stable part of the bird flu virus, ensuring that the immune protection can resist new variants and offer long-term protection against the globally spreading airborne infection.
Bird Flu Breakthrough: Scientists Develop Game-Changing Antibody To Prevent Severe H5N1 Infections
A new antibody therapy effectively protects monkeys from severe H5N1 avian flu, offering hope for a universal flu vaccine and ...
Medical Xpress26d
No, we're not 'one mutation away' from an H5N1 bird flu pandemic. Here are the facts
H5N1 viruses belonging to this group have managed ... If a susceptible species (pigs, cows, mink, etc.) were infected with both human seasonal and avian influenza viruses, reassortment between ...
Interaksyon on MSN6d
Avian flu isn’t ‘one mutation away’ from becoming the next pandemic – yet
H5N1 viruses belonging to this group have managed to infect ... If a susceptible species (pigs, cows, mink, etc) were infected with both human seasonal and avian influenza viruses, reassortment ...