South African authorities have confirmed new outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza strain on two poultry ...

The virus has not yet evolved to spread efficiently between people. Excellent vaccine technology exists, but the government ...

Background: Accurate estimation of the case-fatality (CF) rate, or the proportion of cases that die, is central to pandemic planning. While estimates of CF rates for past influenza pandemics have ...

Current health news details U.S. openness to creative solutions in pharmaceutical trade with the EU, the resurgence of H5N1 ...

South Africa is grappling with a resurgence of the H5N1 bird flu, following outbreaks on poultry farms in Tswaing and Mkhondo ...

The University of Minnesota is stepping up efforts to identify biological threats that could trigger an epidemic, launching ...

Bird flu continues to spread quickly through the U.S. farm system because that system is inherently a viral playground.

The U.S’s biggest dairy-producing state is being squeezed by the recent outbreak of bird flu, which also affects cattle—and ...

If we don’t invest in technologies like mRNA vaccines for pandemic influenza now, once a virus starts going human-to-human, ...

During his Senate confirmation hearings, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested he wouldn’t undermine vaccines. “I am not going to go into HHS and impose my preordained opinions on ...

A new report from Toast Tab on consumer breakfast habits in 2025 reveals that more people are buying breakfast, but are likely to purchase the meal from restaurants on Mondays. The prices for omelets ...