The US government has signed a $176 million deal with Moderna to develop an mRNA-based pandemic influenza vaccine, as reports emerge of a fifth human case of H5N1 flu linked to ongoing outbreaks ...

As a virus scientist in South Africa, I’ve been watching with dread as H5N1 bird flu spreads among animals ... And yet, the US response appears inadequate and slow, with too few genomic ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza A strains of H5N1 have increasingly started to spread among wild birds and domestic poultry in the US since 2022. H5N1 outbreaks of bird flu in poultry have been ...

The state’s goal, Palmer said, is to have “an initial supply during emergencies to allow us the ... or vaccine. Yet, health officials nationwide have struggled to track bird flu transmission.

A child in California is recovering at home from a confirmed case of bird flu. They are the first child in the United States to test positive for avian influenza, according to the US Centers for ...

More than 6 million birds have been slaughtered just this month because of bird flu. They were a relatively small part of the total US egg-laying flock of 377 million chickens. Still, the flock is ...

Moderna MRNA received a $176 million government contract in July to advance development of its bird flu vaccine, leveraging the same mRNA technology used in the company's COVID-19 vaccine.

A child in California has become the first in the United States to test positive for bird flu infection ... following treatment with flu antivirals, according to the US Centers for Disease ...