In a recent study published in the journal Nature, a group of researchers characterized the pathogenicity and transmissibility of a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI H5N1)...
This transcript has been edited for clarity. We’re now in the midst of a multistate outbreak of influenza A H5N1 bird flu in dairy cows and...
While H5N1 avian influenza virus taken from infected cow’s milk makes mice and ferrets sick when dripped into their noses, airborne transmission of the virus between...
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will award $176 million to pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Moderna for the development of an mRNA-based pandemic...
People who have recovered from long COVID can suffer relapses or flare-ups from new viral infections — not just from COVID but from cold, flu, and...
In a recent study published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, researchers in Alaska, United States of America (US) reported a natural infection of a highly...
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A herd of dairy cattle stand in a cowshed on a rural farm in Canada. Photographer: James … [+] MacDonald/Bloomberg getty Labs in Canada have begun...
SATURDAY, June 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The pandemic highlighted the risk that air travel carries for the spread of infectious diseases, and that risk remains...
Ottawa Public Health wants to collaborate with local partners to look for ways to continue wastewater monitoring after the province cuts funding to the program next month....
From the first known human case in 2022 to the US government pledging nearly $200 million to stop the spread, the H5N1 virus, also known as...
With avian influenza spreading quickly around the globe, the virus has more opportunities to mutate and cause problems for people. By some calculations, H5N1 bird flu...