As the H5N1 avian flu continues to spread among dairy cows in the United States, nearly 5 million doses of flu vaccine are now being prepared for possible use in humans. Top News U.S. News ...

This month, a Michigan dairy worker became the second human bird flu case connected to the multi-state H5N1 pandemic in US livestock. Officials found a "notable" mutation in the patient.

The H5N1 avian flu is circulating in cows and other mammals. Whether it will make a permanent leap to humans is another ...

Scientists have known for more than a year that bird flu, H5N1, made the jump from wild birds and common poultry to cows and ...

H5N1 avian influenza has long been a concerning virus. Since its discovery in 1996 in waterfowl, bird flu has occasionally ...

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

Although a candidate bird flu vaccine has not yet been made commercially available, medical experts advise that people should get it once it is. Dr. Linda Yancey, an expert in infectious diseases ...

Humanity's best protection against bird flu will be the development of effective vaccines, a new study says.. The H5N1 avian flu has been raging through cattle and poultry in the United States ...

Federal officials plan to double the stockpile of emergency bird flu vaccines as they identify more people infected with the disease.. Three manufacturers were awarded $72 million to increase ...

With the COVID-19 pandemic still fresh in the minds of many U.S. citizens, concerns over the government’s ability to contain emerging health threats persist. The ongoing struggle to control the H5N1 ...

The first signs that H5N1 — or any new flu virus — was starting to spread from person to person would trigger a race to produce massive amounts of vaccine to try to mitigate the damage.