UF Mobilizes Experts for Comprehensive Bird Flu Awareness While the immediate public health risk from the H5N1 bird flu remains low, the University of Florida (UF) is taking significant proactive ...

The World Health Organization launched an initiative on Monday to help accelerate the development of a human bird flu vaccine using mRNA technology.

Though the current public health risk of H5N1 bird flu is low, the University of Florida (UF) is taking a proactive approach ...

H5N1 bird flu is likely infecting more people than we know. New research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that 7% of monitored dairy farmers in Michigan and Colorado have ...

These reports show several critical features of the threat of HPAI to human health, and how we might respond. First, collaboration among investigators in human and veterinary medicine, public ...

The CDC funding a $5 million program to vaccinate livestock industry workers against seasonal flu in a bid to reduce the pandemic risk posed by the ongoing H5N1 bird flu outbreak in cattle.

Recent study reveals H5N1 mutations enhancing human receptor binding, highlighting pandemic risks and the need for vigilant surveillance of influenza strains.

The nation’s 200,000 livestock workers face the risk of being simultaneously exposed to seasonal flu and H5N1 bird flu, which could create a more dangerous virus.

A 3-year-old girl in western Mexico has died after contracting bird flu in the country's first confirmed human case of the virus, Mexican health authorities said Tuesday. Mexico's Health Ministry ...

Three more California dairy herds have been infected with H5N1 bird flu. A new case of human infection has also been reported in Missouri.

Two groups of researchers have used animal models to characterize the H5N1 virus isolated from an infected dairy farm worker in Texas, who presented with mild conjunctivitis.