Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that hospitals speed up testing people who are ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today released an advisory recommending clinicians expedite subtyping of type ...

Since early 2024, the U.S. has logged 66 human cases of H5N1. Scientists are keeping a watchful eye on the virus’s spread as we enter a new year.

The US Department of Health and Human Services will award $590 million to Moderna to continue developing a vaccine to protect ...

The LDH revealed that the patient was over age 65, had underlying medical conditions and contracted bird flu after exposure ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) maintains that the virus that sickened the Louisiana patient matched a ...

A Louisiana patient is the first person in the United States to die as a result of H5N1 infection. One expert likens what ...

While tragic, a death from H5N1 bird flu in the United States is not unexpected because of the known potential for infection with these viruses to cause severe illness and death. As of January 6, 2025 ...

As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains, bird flu is a disease caused by the influenza A virus. At ...

Human MxA protein suppresses mammalian H5N1 virus replication, but emerging mutations may enable partial evasion, raising ...

President Joe Biden's outgoing administration on Thursday announced $211 million in new funding to develop mRNA vaccines against emerging biothreats and said it was accelerating bird flu testing, as ...

But last week the CDC reported the first bird flu death in the United States ... told Salon H5N1 and other avian influenza viruses are a type A influenza virus. "We do need subtype confirmation ...